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The Good Lord Bird

All of this is true. Most of it happened.

45m1 SeasonTV-MATMDb 6.7

DramaWesternWar & Politics

EnglishEnded

1 · Meet the Lord

2 · A Wicked Plot

3 · Mister Fred

4 · Smells Like Bear

5 · Hiving the Bees

6 · Jesus Is Walkin'

7 · Last Words

Crew and Cast

Mark RichardMark RichardCreatorEthan HawkeEthan HawkeCreator · John BrownJoshua Caleb JohnsonJoshua Caleb JohnsonHenry 'Little Onion' ShacklefordHubert Point-Du JourHubert Point-Du JourBobBeau KnappBeau KnappOwen BrownNick EversmanNick EversmanJohn Brown Jr.Ellar ColtraneEllar ColtraneSalmon BrownJack AlcottJack AlcottJason BrownMo Brings PlentyMo Brings PlentyOttawa JonesMcKinley Belcher IIIMcKinley Belcher IIIBroadnaxQuentin PlairQuentin PlairShields Green · 'Emperor'Daveed DiggsDaveed DiggsFrederick DouglassWyatt RussellWyatt RussellJames Ewell Brown StuartRafael CasalRafael CasalJohn CookMiles MussendenMiles MussendenDangerfield Newby
Joel AshurAttucks CopelandAli Amin CarterAli Amin CarterLewis LearyVictor WilliamsVictor WilliamsCoachman Jim
George BoaiteyO.P. AndersonSteve ZahnSteve ZahnChaseOrlando JonesOrlando JonesThe Rail ManBrooks AshmanskasBrooks AshmanskasLewis WashingtonChance McCoyChance McCoyGeorge TurnerKyle RiggsKyle RiggsWilliamsDavid MorseDavid MorseDutch Henry ShermanAdam ShapiroAdam ShapiroJew WeinerBen DickeyBen DickeyIan BrownDerrick BaskinDerrick BaskinGus ShacklefordDuke Davis RobertsDuke Davis RobertsFrederick BrownMichael HardingMichael HardingCaptain William ShoreGrainger HinesGrainger HinesCaptain Henry Clay Pate

Storyline

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.

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Info

Status
Ended
First aired
4 October 2020
Last aired
15 November 2020
Rating
TV-MA
TMDB score
6.7 / 10 (111 votes)

Production

Created by
Mark Richard, Ethan Hawke
Studios
Blumhouse Television, Under the Influence Productions
Countries
United States of America
Networks
Showtime

Episodes

Seasons
1
Episodes
7
Type
Miniseries
In production
No

Languages

Original
English
Spoken
English