How the ‘The Good Lord Bird’ Production Team Created its Dusty Period Look
Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorFor Ethan Hawke’s “The Good Lord Bird,” the crew was asked to create a dusty rural environment to simulate the world of 1850s Kansas, in which abolitionist John Brown (Hawke) proposes the armed overthrow of slavery. Adapted from James McBride’s 2013 National Book Award-winning novel of the same name, about a young slave (Henry “Onion” Shackleford, played by Joshua Caleb Johnson) who joins Brown in his mission, the limited series, produced by Blumhouse Television, debuts on Showtime on Oct.