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The Good Lord Bird (2020)

Comedy · Drama · War

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.

IMDb rating
7.6 (8,446 votes)
Seasons
1
Language
EN
Type
Mini-series
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Seasons

Season 1 (2020)

8.00 avg 7 episodes 7.7 → 8.5 48 min avg

  • Big finale
Ep 1: 7.7 · 649 votesEp 2: 8.0 · 512 votesEp 3: 7.8 · 450 votesEp 4: 7.8 · 425 votesEp 5: 8.0 · 411 votesEp 6: 8.2 · 395 votesEp 7: 8.5 · 391 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Meet the Lord7.7649
2A Wicked Plot8.0512
3Mister Fred7.8450
4Smells Like Bear7.8425
5Hiving the Bees8.0411
6Jesus Is Walkin'8.2395
7Last Words8.5391

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