With Ethan Hawke, Hubert Point-Du Jour, Beau Knapp, Nick Eversman. Ethan Hawke stars as abolitionist John Brown in this series based on the novel. "Onion" is a fictional enslaved boy who becomes a member of Brown's family of abolitionist soldiers and …

Focusing on John Brown's attack on American slavery, the series was created and executive produced by Ethan Hawke and Mark Richard. Produced by Jason Blum, through Blumhouse Television, it premiered on October 4, 2020, on Showtime. [5]

Since HAI’s three-part blog series on the story of John Brown, millions of people have tuned into Showtime’s The Good Lord Bird, about Henry “Onion” Shackleford, a fictional formerly enslaved teenager, and his encounters with the legendary and controversial abolitionist John Brown.

Oct 5, 2020 · Ethan Hawke plays abolitionist John Brown in Showtime's "The Good Lord Bird." Kevin Lynch / Showtime. Was abolitionist John Brown a psychopath, a sinner or a saint? The answer depends...

Oct 1, 2020 · Actor Ethan Hawke is bringing abolitionist John Brown's story to life. Hawke stars in Showtime's limited series "The Good Lord Bird," which premieres Sunday. NPR TV critic Eric Deggans says...

Oct 5, 2020 · Ethan Hawke plays abolitionist John Brown in The Good Lord Bird, a new Showtime series based on the novel by James McBride. In October 1859, a white abolitionist named John Brown led a...

Jan 2, 2024 · Ethan Hawke stars as abolitionist John Brown in this series based on the novel. "Onion" is a fictional enslaved boy who becomes a member of Brown's family of abolitionist soldiers and finds...

Nov 15, 2020 · In the finale, “Last Words,” Brown—played in a bravura performance by the show’s creator and the cowriter of this episode, Ethan Hawke —is in military custody, awaiting trial for an attempted...

Feb 14, 2020 · Midlife comeback kid Ethan Hawke tells AARP about turning 50, marriage advice, and his eight-part TV version of James McBride's National Book Award-winning novel The Good Lord Bird (Showtime, Feb. 16), about abolitionist John Brown, whose 1859 raid on Harper's Ferry, Virginia, led to the Civil War.

Oct 1, 2020 · Ethan Hawke is telling the partially true tale of abolitionist John Brown in 'The Good Lord Bird': 'If we ignore these stories, we don't know ourselves as a country and as people.'