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The Good Lord Bird

All of this is true. Most of it happened.

  • TV series
  • 2020
  • TV-MA
  • 1 season
  • 7 episodes

Created by Mark Richard and Ethan Hawke

6.7

TMDB audience rating
6.7 out of 10 from 111 votes

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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.

Roughly 5h 15m to watch every episode. This is an estimate: 7 episodes at the latest episode runtime of 45 minutes.

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Series cast and crew

  • Ethan Hawke

    Ethan HawkeJohn Brown
    7 episodes

  • Joshua Caleb Johnson

    Joshua Caleb JohnsonHenry 'Little Onion' Shackleford
    7 episodes

  • Hubert Point-Du Jour

    Hubert Point-Du JourBob
    7 episodes

  • Beau Knapp

    Beau KnappOwen Brown
    7 episodes

  • Nick Eversman

    Nick EversmanJohn Brown Jr.
    7 episodes

  • Ellar Coltrane

    Ellar ColtraneSalmon Brown
    7 episodes

  • Jack Alcott

    Jack AlcottJason Brown
    7 episodes

  • Mo Brings Plenty

    Mo Brings PlentyOttawa Jones
    7 episodes

  • McKinley Belcher III

    McKinley Belcher IIIBroadnax
    6 episodes

  • Quentin Plair

    Quentin PlairShields Green / 'Emperor'
    4 episodes

  • Daveed Diggs

    Daveed DiggsFrederick Douglass
    3 episodes

  • Wyatt Russell

    Wyatt RussellJames Ewell Brown Stuart
    3 episodes

  • Rafael Casal

    Rafael CasalJohn Cook
    3 episodes

  • Miles Mussenden

    Miles MussendenDangerfield Newby
    3 episodes

  • Joel AshurAttucks Copeland
    3 episodes

  • Ali Amin Carter

    Ali Amin CarterLewis Leary
    3 episodes

  • Victor Williams

    Victor WilliamsCoachman Jim
    3 episodes

  • George BoaiteyO.P. Anderson
    3 episodes

Created by
Mark Richard and Ethan Hawke
Network
Showtime

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