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Airdate: The Good Lord Bird

Ethan Hawke stars as controversial abolitionist John Brown in a new drama coming to Stan.

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US period drama The Good Lord Bird, starring Ethan Hawke as controversial abolitionist John Brown, is coming to Stan, same day as the US.

The seven-episode series is based on the award-winning novel by bestselling author James McBride.

The Showtime series also introduces actor Joshua Caleb Johnson.

The Good Lord Bird is told from the point of view of Onion (Joshua Caleb Johnson), a fictional enslaved boy who becomes a member of Brown’s motley family of abolitionist soldiers during Bleeding Kansas – a time when the state was a battleground between pro- and anti-slavery forces – and eventually finds himself participating in the famous 1859 raid on the U.S. Armory at Harpers Ferry. Brown’s raid failed to initiate the slave revolt he intended,but was the event that started the Civil War. The Good Lord Bird weaves a humorous, dramatic and historical tapestry of Antebellum America, spotlighting the complicated and ever-changing racial, religious and gender roles that make up the American identity.

The series also stars Critics’ Choice winner and Screen Actors Guild Award nominee Ellar Coltrane (Boyhood), Hubert Point-Du Jour (Madam Secretary), Beau Knapp (Seven Seconds), Nick Eversman (Wild), Jack Alcott (Champaign ILL), and Mo Brings Plenty (Yellowstone).

Also appearing is a roster of talented guest stars including Tony® Award winner Daveed Diggs (Hamilton) as abolitionist Frederick Douglass, Emmy® nominee David Morse (Escape at Dannemora) as Dutch Henry Sherman, Steve Zahn (War of the Planet of the Apes) as Chase, Maya Hawke (Stranger Things) as Annie Brown, Wyatt Russell (Lodge 49) as federal officer Jeb Stuart, and Orlando Jones (American Gods) as The Rail Man.

The Good Lord Bird is executive produced by Jason Blum, Ethan Hawke, Ryan Hawke, Mark Richard, Padraic McKinley, Jeremy Gold, Marci Wiseman, Albert Hughes, James McBride, Brian Taylor, Marshall Persinger and David Schiff.

Sunday 9th August on Stan.

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  1. The article does say humorous but it does take a fair bit of artistic license to pair war, violence and humour together in a movie or drama series, however America does seem fond of making this type of dark satirical genre.
    Though not a big fan of his manic style, if The Good Lord Bird is intended to have satire, I can see Will Ferrell in Ethan Hawkes role, as an actor Will badly needs a good role to get his career back on track.

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