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‘Good Lord Bird’ a Few Feathers Short

By Da’Shawn Mosley
Ethan Hawke as John Brown in The Good Lord Bird (2020).
Nov 30, 2020
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I don’t begrudge Ethan Hawke for wanting to play John Brown and producing this project. John Brown’s life was vast and exciting; his willingness to take up arms to defeat injustice mirrors conversations we still have in the church today about nonviolence.

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Ethan Hawke as John Brown in The Good Lord Bird (2020).