The Good Lord Bird
6.7EndedDramaWesternWar & Politics

The Good Lord Bird

"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.

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Cast

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

Crew

  • Marshall Persinger
    Executive Producer
  • Albert Hughes
    Albert Hughes
    Executive Producer
  • David L. Schiff
    Executive Producer
  • Jeremy Gold
    Jeremy Gold
    Executive Producer
  • Marci Wiseman
    Marci Wiseman
    Executive Producer
  • Ryan Hawke
    Ryan Hawke
    Executive Producer
  • James McBride
    James McBride
    Novel
  • James McBride
    James McBride
    Executive Producer
  • Brian Taylor
    Executive Producer
  • Ethan Hawke
    Ethan Hawke
    Executive Producer
  • Mark Richard
    Mark Richard
    Executive Producer
  • Gayette Williams
    Hairstylist
  • Jamison Hollister
    Original Music Composer
  • Peter Deming
    Peter Deming
    Director of Photography
  • Padraic McKinley
    Editor
  • Matthew Woolley
    Editor
  • John Blackie
    Production Design
  • Kevin Hardison
    Art Direction
  • Marthe Pineau
    Set Decoration
  • Amelia 'Amy' Andrews
    Costume Design
  • Alejandro Espinoza
    Producer
  • Kim Taylor-Coleman
    Kim Taylor-Coleman
    Casting
  • Jason Blum
    Jason Blum
    Executive Producer

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