The Good Lord Bird

Plot Summary

Told from the perspective of Henry 'Little Onion' Shackleford, a newly freed teenager who 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.

Top Cast

Ethan Hawke John Brown

Joshua Caleb Johnson Henry 'Little Onion' Shackleford

Hubert Point-Du Jour Bob

Beau Knapp Owen Brown

Nick Eversman John Brown Jr.