The Good Lord Bird (2020-)  imdb rss

Ethan Hawke stars as abolitionist John Brown in this limited series based on the novel. "Onion" is a fictional enslaved boy who becomes a member of Brown's family of abolitionist soldiers and finds himself in the 1859 raid at Harpers Ferry

The Good Lord Bird: Meet the Lord  Season 1, Episode 1

A young slave living in the Kansas territory in 1856 has a fateful run-in with abolitionist John Brown, who "frees" him, nicknames him "Onion" and welcomes him into his ragtag army. (Showtime, adaptation of 2013 James McBride book) [more inside]
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