The Good Lord Bird
(2020)
Regisseur:
Mark Richard, Ethan HawkeSchauspieler:
Ethan Hawke, Joshua Johnson-Lionel, Hubert Point-Du Jour, Beau Knapp, Nick Eversman, Ellar Coltrane, Jack Alcott, Mo Brings Plenty, Daveed DiggsDie siebenteilige Miniserie basiert auf dem gleichnamigen Roman von James McBride und spielt ab dem Jahr 1859: Der junge Sklave Onion (gespielt von Joshua Caleb Johnson, „Black-ish“) wird Mitglied der Brown-Familie und findet sich schon bald mitten in der Schlacht von Harpers Ferry wieder, als die Konföderierten im Rahmen des Maryland-Feldzugs 1862 den strategisch wichtigen Ort in West Virginia einnehmen. Das Ereignis geht als Beginn des Bürgerkriegs in die Geschichte ein. Ethan Hawke stellt dabei den umstrittenen Sklaverei-Gegner Josh Brown dar
Based on the National Book Award-winning novel by bestselling author James McBride, The Good Lord Bird is told from the point of view of Onion, an enslaved teenager who becomes a member in Brown's motley family during the time of Bleeding Kansas, eventually participating in the famous 1859 raid on the Army depot at Harpers Ferry. Brown's raid failed to initiate the slave revolt he intended, but was the instigating event that started the Civil War.
Based on the National Book Award-winning novel by bestselling author James McBride, The Good Lord Bird is told from the point of view of Onion, an enslaved teenager who becomes a member in Brown's motley family during the time of Bleeding Kansas, eventually participating in the famous 1859 raid on the Army depot at Harpers Ferry. Brown's raid failed to initiate the slave revolt he intended, but was the instigating event that started the Civil War.
