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The Good Lord Bird is told from the point of view of Onion (Joshua Johnson-Lionel, Blackish), a fictional enslaved boy, who is part of John Brown’s (Ethan Hawke) motley crew of abolitionist soldiers 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.
Original Release
10/04/2020 on SHO
US Release
10/04/2020
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Joshua Caleb Johnson | Henry 'Onion' Shackleford |
| Mo Brings Plenty | Ottawa Jones |
| Hubert Point-Du Jour | Bob |
| Jack Alcott | Jason Brown |
| Beau Knapp | Owen Brown |
| Ellar Coltrane | Salmon Brown |
| Nick Eversman | John Brown Jr. |
| Ethan Hawke | John Brown |
| Shaun Linden | Broadnax |
| Quentin Plair | Emperor |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meet the Lord | Sunday, 04 October 2020 |
| 2 | A Wicked Plot | Sunday, 11 October 2020 |
| 3 | Mister Fred | Sunday, 18 October 2020 |
| 4 | Smells Like Bear | Sunday, 25 October 2020 |
| 5 | Hiving the Bees | Sunday, 01 November 2020 |
| 6 | Jesus Is Walkin' | Sunday, 08 November 2020 |
| 7 | Last Words | Sunday, 15 November 2020 |
| 8 | Episode #1.8 |
Directors
Kevin Hooks, Albert Hughes, Darnell Martin, Michael Nankin, Kate Woods, Haifaa Al-Mansour
Writers
Kristen SaBerre, James McBride, Mark Richard, Erika L. Johnson, Ethan Hawke, Jeff Augustin, Lauren Signorino
Creators
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Joshua Caleb Johnson | Henry 'Onion' Shackleford |
| Mo Brings Plenty | Ottawa Jones |
| Hubert Point-Du Jour | Bob |
| Jack Alcott | Jason Brown |
| Beau Knapp | Owen Brown |
| Ellar Coltrane | Salmon Brown |
| Nick Eversman | John Brown Jr. |
| Ethan Hawke | John Brown |
| Shaun Linden | Broadnax |
| Quentin Plair | Emperor |
| Daveed Diggs | Frederick Douglass |
| Daveed Diggs | |
| George Boaitey | O.P. Anderson |
| Rafael Casal | John Cook |
| Ali Amin Carter | Lewis Leary |
| Wyatt Russell | J.E.B. Stuart |
| Miles Mussenden | Dangerfield Newby |
| Victor Williams | Coachman Jim |
| David Hammond | Townsman |
| Joel Ashur | Attucks Copeland |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Ryan Hawke | Executive Producer |
| Erika L. Johnson | Executive Producer |
| James McBride | Executive Producer |
| Shea Kammer | Executive Producer |
| Mark Richard | Executive Producer |
| David L. Schiff | Executive Producer |
| Marshall Persinger | Executive Producer |
| Jason Blum | Executive Producer |
| Brian Taylor | Executive Producer |
| Ethan Hawke | Executive Producer |
| Padraic McKinley | Executive Producer |
| Albert Hughes | Executive Producer |
| Jeff Augustin | Producer |
| Alejandro Espinoza | Producer |
| Adan Orozco | Producer |
| Jarin Rossiter | Producer |
| O'Shea Read | Producer |
Editors
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2021 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television | Nominated |
| 2021 | Emmy | Outstanding Main Title Design | Won |
