Based on the National Book Award-winning novel by bestselling author James McBride, The Good Lord Bird is told from the point of view of Onion, an enslaved teenager who becomes a member in Brown's motley family during the time of Bleeding Kansas, eventually participating in the famous 1859 raid on the Army depot at Harpers Ferry. Brown's raid failed to initiate the slave revolt he intended, but was the instigating event that started the Civil War.

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Ratings: TVMaze: 6.7/10
Released: October 4, 2020
Runtime: 60 min
Genres: Drama Comedy History
Countries: United States
Companies: Showtime Blumhouse Television Under the Influence Productions
Cast: Ethan Hawke Beau Knapp Daveed Diggs Ellar Coltrane Nick Eversman Mo Brings Plenty Jack Alcott Hubert Point-Du Jour Joshua Johnson-Lionel
Crew: Jason Blum Anthony Hemingway Albert Hughes Jeremy Gold Brian Taylor Ethan Hawke Mark Richard Marci Wiseman James McBride David Schiff Ryan Hawke

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Randall 4 points 4 years ago. 4/5 stars.

This is a keeper, Well done and entertaining..

yellow_rose1 2 points 4 years ago.

I am enjoy this very much it has a Cohen brothers feel to it. The narration is done so well. Although most of the acting is done by unknown actors they are all doing a great job

PonderThis 2 points 4 years ago.

Well, that first episode was interesting and not all what I expected! I will continue to watch and see how this plays out.

RoboPhone 2 points 4 years ago.

eff 10/04 : Showtime debuts a pre-Civil War miniseries, starring Ethan Hawke.
Check Out Flicker’s Trailer,
Then, saddle up to witness the tension that helped
fuel the upcoming war which divided a country!

joalex 2 points 4 years ago.

I wanna see this for such. A lot of good vibes about it so far, hope it does not disappoint.

ibgabe 1 points 4 years ago. 5/5 stars.

Ethan Hawke delivers again. Fantastic limited series.

Randall 1 points 4 years ago. 4/5 stars.

This show is funny and a great story line. Reminds me a little of (Quick Draw) Onion looks good in that dress LOL…

UGuess 1 points 4 years ago.

Enjoyed the trailer. Hope the series doesn’t disappoint

AGmoney818 1 points 4 years ago.

that was a great show Ethan Hawke and the kid who plays onion killed it.

PonderThis 0 points 4 years ago.

Well, it now appears it will start in October…..got to remember to put it on my list.

PonderThis -2 points 4 years ago.

This drama sounds interesting and will start tomorrow night. Need to make a note of this and see if it will be worth my time.