based on novel or book,slavery,murder,dark comedy,gang,abolitionist,early america,public execution

The Good Lord Bird (2020)

Poster for The Good Lord Bird

All of this is true. Most of it happened.

Enslaved teenager Henry Shackleford, aka Little Onion, becomes a member in abolitionist John Brown’s motley family during the Bleeding Kansas era before the Civil War.

Cast & Crew

Director
  • Profile picture of Ethan Hawke
    John Brown Ethan Hawke
  • Profile picture of Crystal Lee Brown
    Sibonia Crystal Lee Brown
  • Profile picture of Joshua Caleb Johnson
    Onion Joshua Caleb Johnson
  • Profile picture of Alexis Louder
    Libby Alexis Louder
  • Profile picture of Hubert Point-Du Jour
    Bob Hubert Point-Du Jour
  • Profile picture of Beau Knapp
    Owen Brown Beau Knapp
  • Profile picture of Nick Eversman
    John Brown Jr. Nick Eversman
  • Profile picture of Ellar Coltrane
    Salmon Brown Ellar Coltrane

Videos

Poster for Limited Series

Limited Series

2020

7 episodes

Season 1 of The Good Lord Bird premiered on October 4, 2020

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Keywords

  • based on novel or book
  • slavery
  • murder
  • dark comedy
  • gang
  • abolitionist
  • early america
  • public execution