The Good Lord Bird

Season 1 Episode 1: Meet the Lord

Henry Shackleford, a young slave living in the Kansas territory in 1856, encounters abolitionist John Brown, who mistakes him for a girl and promptly 'frees' him. Believing Henry to be his good luck charm, Brown welcomes him into his ragtag army and nicknames him 'Onion'. Donning a dress for the first time while dodging bullets, Onion quickly awakens to the life or death stakes in the battle over human bondage and witnesses Brown's divinely inspired violent agenda: to free the land of slavery by any means necessary.

Genre:

Drama, Western, War & Politics

Seasons:

1

Episodes:

7

Cast:

Ethan Hawke, Joshua Caleb Johnson, Hubert Point-Du Jour

Quality:

HD

Duration:

57 min

First Air:

2020

Rating:

6.7