The Good Lord Bird
The Good Lord Bird is a 2020 American historical drama 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. Produced by Jason Blum, through Blumhouse Television, it premiered on October 4, 2020, on Showtime.
Plot
The series is told from the point of view of Henry "Onion" Shackleford (Joshua Caleb Johnson), a fictional enslaved boy, who is part of John Brown (Ethan Hawke) motley crew of abolitionist soldiers during the time of Bleeding Kansas, eventually participating in the famous 1859 raid on the Federal Armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (since 1863, West Virginia). Brown's raid failed to initiate a slave revolt as he intended, but it was one of the events that started the American Civil War.
Cast
- Alex Sharp
- Beau Knapp
- Brooks Ashmanskas
- Daveed Diggs
- David Morse
- Ellar Coltrane
- Ethan Hawke
- Gia Crovatin
- Joshua Caleb Johnson
- Keith David
- Killer Mike
- Maya Hawke
- McKinley Belcher III
- Miles Mussenden
- Moses Brings Plenty
- Nick Eversman
- Orlando Jones
- Rafael Casal
- Steve Zahn
- Victor Williams
- Wyatt Russell
- Zainab Jah