The Good Lord Bird (TV Miniseries)
2020 · Series · 50 min. · United States
TV Miniseries (2020). 7 Episodes. Ethan Hawke stars as abolitionist John Brown in this limited series based on the National Book Award-winning novel. The story is told from the point of view of "Onion," a fictional enslaved boy who becomes a member of Brown's motley family of abolitionist soldiers battling slavery in Kansas, and eventually finds himself in the famous 1859 Army depot raid at Harpers Ferry, an inciting incident of the Civil War. It's a humorous and dramatic tale of Antebellum America and the ever-changing roles of race, religion and gender in American society. Premiere: October 4 on Showtime.
Direction Ethan Hawke · Mark Richard · Albert Hughes · Haifaa Al-Mansour · Kevin Hooks · Darnell Martin · Kate Woods
Cast Ethan Hawke · Joshua Caleb Johnson · Beau Knapp · Mo Brings Plenty · Nick Eversman · Ellar Coltrane · Hubert Point-Du Jour · Daveed Diggs · Orlando Jones · David Morse · Wyatt Russell · Adam Shapiro · Steve Zahn · McKinley Belcher III · Aaron Angus · Rafael Casal · Miles Mussenden · David Abernethy · Natalie Cassell · Paul D'Elia · John S. Howell Sr. · Ryan L. Price · Russell Sams · Bill Tomek · Paul Wallis · Crystal Lee Brown · Phil Burke · Jeremy Childs · Kelley Davis · Vince Eisenson · Patricia French · Michael Gaston · Darren Goldstein · Michael Harding · Grainger Hines · Lex King · Alexis Louder · George Ludden · Natasha Marc · Ivan Mbakop · Roxzane T. Mims · Tamberla Perry · Ashley Shelton · Chuck Taber · Tom Thon · William Tokarsky · Roger Tyler · Michael Vitovich · Ted Williams · Jack Alcott · Quentin Plair · George Boaitey · Jacob Brankley · Maya Hawke
Soundtrack Jamison Hollister
Screenplay Ethan Hawke · Mark Richard · Kristen SaBerre · Erika Johnson · James McBride
Cinematography Peter Deming
Original title The Good Lord Bird
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850 votes (FilmAffinity)
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