https://hunewsservice.com Your Neighborhood. Your Nation. Your News! Mon, 03 Mar 2025 03:41:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://hunewsservice.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/cropped-407787_352128264798897_1461219382_n-1-32x32.jpg https://hunewsservice.com 32 32 https://hunewsservice.com/variety/reviews/review-the-good-lord-bird-offers-satirical-look-at-john-brown/ Sat, 03 Oct 2020 07:35:14 +0000 http://hunewsservice.com/?p=10686 Everybody got God on their side in the war. Trouble is, God ain’t telling nobody who He’s for.” –Henry “Onion” Shackleford “The Good Lord Bird,” a powerful mini-series based on James McBride’s eponymous book, tells the story of abolitionist John Brown, whose failed raid on Harpers Ferry helped ignite the Civil War. It is told from the viewpoint of Henry Shackleford, an enslaved young boy nicknamed Onion (Joshua Caleb Johnson) who becomes a member of Brown’s army. Not only does Onion have to struggle with a case of mistaken identity when Brown thinks he’s a girl, but he must also]]>