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DVD

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The good lord bird

Call Number

  • DVD TV SERIES (CEN, OSH)

Languages

Closed-captioned.

Performers

Ethan Hawke, Daveed Diggs, Joshua Caleb Johnson, Hubert Point-Du Jour, Beau Knapp, Nick Eversman, Ellar Coltrane, Jack Alcott, Mo Brings Plenty.

Publication Information

[New York, NY] : Showtime Networks, 2020.

Physical Description

2 videodiscs (335 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

TV-MA.

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."--Container.

Notes

Based on the novel by James McBride.

Originally broadcast as television mini-series on Showtime in 2020.

Special features: James McBride intro ; Rediscovering John Brown ; Fireside chat ; The making of Harpers Ferry ; The art of artillery ; Outfitting The good lord bird.

Contents

  • Meet the lord ; Wicked plot ; Mister Fred
  • Smells like bear ; Hiving the bees ; Jesus is walkin' ; Last words.

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