The Good Lord Bird (2020)

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All of this is true. Most of it happened.

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.

• Released: 2020-10-04
• Genres: Drama, Western, War & Politics
• Seasons: 1, 7 episodes
• Network: Showtime
• Status: Ended
• TMDB rating: 6.7/10 from 109 votes

Created by Mark Richard, Ethan Hawke.

Top cast

• Ethan Hawke as John Brown
• Joshua Caleb Johnson as Henry 'Little Onion' Shackleford
• Hubert Point-Du Jour as Bob
• Beau Knapp as Owen Brown
• Nick Eversman as John Brown Jr.
• Ellar Coltrane as Salmon Brown
• Jack Alcott as Jason Brown
• Mo Brings Plenty as Ottawa Jones

Full cast & crew

Where to watch The Good Lord Bird

• United States: buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home
• United Kingdom: buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video
• Canada: buy on Apple TV Store
• Australia: watch free on 7plus; buy on Apple TV Store

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