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The Good Lord Bird

Name: The Good Lord Bird
Genre: Drama, Western, War & Politics
Released: 2020-10-04
Rating: 6.706

★ 6,7 /10 (107 Votes)

2020 EN 1 Seasons

Overview

Henry 'Little Onion' Shackleford, a newly freed teenager joins abolitionist John Brown on a holy crusade to end slavery. Onion encounters Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman, and he finds himself as a part of the famous 1859 raid at Harpers Ferry.

Stream

First air date

04/10/2020

Votes

107

Popularity

7.7

All of this is true. Most of it happened.

Genres

Drama Western War & Politics

Status

Ended

Type

Miniseries

Created by

Mark Richard, Ethan Hawke

Networks

Showtime

Language

Last air date

2020-11-15

Episodes

Website

www.sho.com

Limited Series

7 episodes • 2020 • ⭐ 3,9

Told from the perspective of Henry 'Little Onion' Shackleford, a newly freed teenager who joins abolitionist John Brown …

Ethan Hawke

John Brown

Joshua Caleb Johnson

Henry 'Little Onion' Shackleford

Hubert Point-Du Jour

Bob

Beau Knapp

Owen Brown

Nick Eversman

John Brown Jr.

Ellar Coltrane

Salmon Brown

Jack Alcott

Jason Brown

Mo Brings Plenty

Ottawa Jones

Original Soundtrack

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**Score: 10/10 — A Monumental, Unforgettable Masterpiece of American Storytelling** *The Good Lord Bird* is a genuine masterpiece. A towering achievement in television that deserves to stand alongside the greatest works of the medium. A "dangerous and honest show" that refuses to play it safe, it is an audacious, irreverent, and deeply human retelling of the final years of abolitionist John Brown, told through the eyes of a fictional enslaved boy who becomes swept up in Brown's violent crusade. It is a work that earns every point of its flawless score. **What Great Writing Looks Like** …

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