"The Good Lord Bird" is a historical drama miniseries created by Ethan Hawke and Mark Richard based on the 2013 novel of the same name by James McBride.
Produced by Jason Blum, the series is told from the point of view of Henry Shackleford (Joshua Caleb Johnson), a fictional enslaved boy, who is part of John Brown's (Ethan Hawke) motley crew of abolitionist soldiers during the time of Bleeding Kansas, eventually participating in the famous 1859 raid on the Army depot at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. Brown's raid failed to initiate the slave revolt he intended, but was the instigating event that started the American Civil War. The cast also includes Beau Knapp, Hubert Point-Du Jour, Nick Eversman and Ellar Coltrane.
"The Good Lord Bird" premiered on October 4, 2020 on Showtime.
Find out more about the miniseries after the jump.