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- 1. Meet the Lord Oct 4, 2020
- A young slave has a fateful run-in with abolitionist John Brown, who nicknames him Onion.
- 2. A Wicked Plot Oct 11, 2020
- Onion and fellow slave Bob run into pro-slavery red shirts who take them to a slave-trading town.
- 3. Mister Fred Oct 18, 2020
- John Brown and Onion travel north, to the home of Frederick Douglass and his two wives.
The Good Lord Bird. Ethan Hawke stars as abolitionist John Brown in this series based on the novel. "Onion" is a fictional enslaved boy who becomes a member of Brown's family of abolitionist soldiers and finds himself in the 1859 raid at Harpers Ferry.
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- 2020-10-04
- Comedy, Drama, War
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The Good Lord Bird is a 2020 American historical drama television miniseries, based on the 2013 novel of the same name by James McBride. Focusing on John Brown 's attack on American slavery, the series was created and executive produced by Ethan Hawke and Mark Richard.
The Good Lord Bird. Season 1. Ethan Hawke stars as abolitionist John Brown in this limited series. 862. 2020 7 episodes X-Ray TV-MA. Drama. Buy Episode 1. HD $2.99. Buy Season 1. HD $13.49. More purchase. options. Available to buy. Episodes. Sort. S1 E1 - The Good Lord Bird: Meet the Lord. October 3, 2020. 57min. TV-MA.
- 57 min
The Good Lord Bird is a 2013 novel by James McBride about Henry Shackleford, an enslaved person, who unites with John Brown in Brown's abolitionist mission. The novel won the National Book Award for Fiction in 2013 and received generally positive reviews from critics.
- James McBride
- 2013
Based on the award-winning novel by author James McBride, "The Good Lord Bird" is told from the perspective of Henry "Little Onion" Shackleford, a newly freed teenager who joins...
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- Ethan Hawke
- TV-MA
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May 13, 2020 · THE GOOD LORD BIRD Official Trailer (2020) Ethan Hawke, Western TV Series HD© 2020 - Showtime
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Oct 1, 2020 · “The Good Lord Bird” is based on the James McBride novel about John Brown. Ethan Hawke stars as the messianic abolitionist and Joshua Caleb Johnson as the former slave he adopts....