Title:
The good lord bird / Showtime presents ; a Showtime/Blumhouse Television production ; created for television by Mark Richard and Ethan Hawke.
Publication Information:
[New York, N.Y.] : Showtime Networks, [2020]
©2020
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (approximately 335 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Based on the novel by James McBride.
Originally broadcast as single episodes of a television mini-series on Showtime Network in 2020.
Wide screen.
Special features: James McBride intro; Rediscovering John Brown; Fireside chat; The making of Harpers Ferry; The art of artillery; Outfitting The good lord bird.
"All of this is true. Most of it happened."--Container.
DVD, NTSC, region 1; wide screen presentation; Dolby digital 5.1.
Contents:
Disc 1: Meet the Lord -- A wicked plot -- Mister Fred -- Disc 2: Smells like bear -- Hiving the bees -- Jesus is walkin' -- Last words.
Summary:
Ethan Hawke stars as abolitionist John Brown in this Limited Event Series based on the award-winning novel. The story is told from the point of view of "Onion," a fictional enslaved boy who becomes a member of Brown's motley family of abolitionist soldiers battling slavery in Kansas, and eventually finds himself in the famous 1859 Army depot raid at Harpers Ferry, an inciting incident of the Civil War. It's a humorous and dramatic tale of Antebellum America and the ever-changing roles of race, religion and gender in American society.
Personal Subject:
Language Note:
English audio; Closed-captioned.
Audience:
Rating: TVMA.
Performer:
Ethan Hawke, Hubert Point-Du Jour, Beau Knapp, Nick Eversman, Ellar Coltrane, Jack Alcott, Mo Brings Plenty, Daveed Diggs, Joshua Caleb Johnson.
Production Credits:
Directed by Ethan Hawke.
OCLC Number:
on1235900515
Availability:
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