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The good lord bird / Showtime presents ; a Showtime/Blumhouse Television production ; created for television by Mark Richard and Ethan Hawke.

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780044719144
  • Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (approximately 335 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: [United States] : Showtime Networks, [2020]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Title from web page.
Originally broadcast as single episodes of a television mini-series on Showtime Network in 2020.
Formatted Contents Note:
Disc 1: Meet the Lord -- A wicked plot -- Mister Fred -- Disc 2: Smells like bear -- Hiving the bees -- Jesus is walkin' -- Last words.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Directed by Ethan Hawke.
Participant or Performer Note:
Ethan Hawke, Hubert Point-Du-Jour, Beau Knapp, Nick Eversman, Ellar Coltrane, Orlando Jones, Mckinley Belcher Iii.
Target Audience Note:
Rating: TVMA.
System Details Note:
DVD, wide screen presentation; Dolby digital 5.1.
Language Note:
English audio. Closed-captioned.
Subject: Brown, John, 1800-1859 > Drama.
Fugitive slaves > United States > Drama.
Abolitionists > Drama.
Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) > History > John Brown's Raid, 1859 > Drama.
Genre: Television programs.
Television mini-series.
Historical television programs.
Fiction television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Available copies

  • 12 of 12 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

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  • 1 current hold with 12 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Albright Memorial Library DVD GOOD (Text) 50686015714780 Main Floor Available -
Emmaus Public Library DVD TV SERIES GOOD (Text) 36446002037151 DVD Series Available -
Lower Macungie Library DVD TV GOO (Text) 33400001509390 DVD Series Available -
Martin Library Adults GOO Video (Text) 33454005064183 DVD Area Available -
New Oxford Library A-DVD GO (Text) 35740635745698 DVD Available -
RACC TV Series (Text) 33624024950535 DVD Series Available -
RPL - Southeast Branch Library DVD Goo (2 discs) (Text) 33223008874140 DVD Series Recently Returned -
Red Land Community Library Adults GOO Video (Text) 34006001031068 DVD Area Available -
Bethlehem Main Library 2 DVDs (Text) 33062009524795 Adult DVD Fiction Available -
Easton Main Library DVD GOOD (Text) 31901004487262 Adult DVD Fiction Available -

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