TV series

The Good Lord Bird

2020 · 1 season

A darkly comic, picaresque journey through a violent historical epoch, anchored by a magnetic, unsettling performance.

Tagline: All of this is true. Most of it happened.
Overview: Henry 'Little Onion' Shackleford, a newly freed teenager joins abolitionist John Brown on a holy crusade to end slavery. Onion encounters Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman, and he finds himself as a part of the famous 1859 raid at Harpers Ferry.
How it feels: Dark, satirical, earnest and tense. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Survival, race, faith, freedom
Content: Strong violence and language. Mild gore and sexual content.
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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
race
faith
freedom
violence
Places: countryside
small town
road trip
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
true story
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild