The Good Lord Bird

About The Good Lord Bird

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.

The Good Lord Bird is a war, politics, and western series that ran on Showtime. Its themes are slavery, gang, early america, and public execution.

Its one season of 7 episodes aired between October 2020 and November 2020.

Ethan Hawke stars as John Brown, Joshua Caleb Johnson as Henry 'Little Onion' Shackleford, Hubert Point-Du Jour as Bob, and Beau Knapp as Owen Brown. The story is adapted from a novel. Production companies include Blumhouse Television and Under the Influence Productions.

Sweetpea, I, Claudius, and Sherlock make useful companions to The Good Lord Bird, all filed under dark comedy and murder. TMDB voters put it at 6.7 out of 10 across 110 votes and it carries a TV-MA rating.