2020 Virginia Film Festival

A Conversation on Showtime and Blumhouse TV's The Good Lord Bird

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Actor, writer, director and four-time Academy Award nominee Ethan Hawke will be joined by award-winning author James McBride for a conversation around The Good Lord Bird, the new Showtime series based on McBride’s book, in which Hawke portrays abolitionist John Brown. The conversation will also include Joshua Caleb Johnson, who co-stars in the series, executive producer and showrunner Mark Richard, and costume designer Amy Andrews Harrell, moderated by William Little (UVA). Introduction by VAFF Advisory Board member Andy Edmunds (Virginia Film Office).


The Good Lord Bird series airs Sunday nights at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Showtime. Visit Showtime for more information and to watch the series.


Presented by Virginia Film Office


Supported by New Dominion Bookshop, The UVA Bookstore, and Virginia Festival of the Book


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