Name: The Good Lord Bird
Released: 2020-10-04T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Joshua Caleb Johnson, Beau Knapp

TV Show · Western · Drama

Ethan Hawke is abolitionist John Brown in this Limited Event Series based on the novel. "Onion" is a fictional enslaved boy who becomes a member of Brown's motley family of abolitionist soldiers and finds himself in the famous 1859 raid at Harpers Ferry.

2020 · 56m

Starring Ethan Hawke, Joshua Caleb Johnson, Beau Knapp

EPISODE 1

Meet the Lord

A young slave living in the Kansas territory in 1856 has a fateful run-in with abolitionist John Brown, who frees him and nicknames him Onion.

54 min
EPISODE 2

A Wicked Plot

Onion and fellow slave Bob run into pro-slavery red shirts who take them to the slave-trading town of Pikesville, Mo.

43 min
EPISODE 3

Mister Fred

John Brown and Onion travel north, taking refuge at the home of Frederick Douglass and his two wives; Brown and Douglass clash over methodology.

43 min
EPISODE 4

Smells Like Bear

John and Onion continue their fundraising mission, heading to Canada on foot; the legendary Harriet Tubman endorses Brown in a room full of new recruits.

43 min
EPISODE 5

Hiving the Bees

Onion and new recruit John Cook head to Harper's Ferry to prepare for the arrival of John Brown and his army; Onion struggles to recruit more African-American soldiers and Brown's arrival with daughter Annie creates a new distraction.

47 min
EPISODE 6

Jesus Is Walkin'

The plan to take control of Harper's Ferry is finally put into action; however, a crucial mistake threatens the success of the entire operation. With shots firing, Onion is sent out to get reinforcements.

41 min