James McBride's acclaimed 2013 novel The Good Lord Bird gets the small screen treatment this October courtesy of Showtime.
The seven-part limited series stars Ethan Hawke as abolitionist John Brown, told from the viewpoint of a fictional newly freed teenage boy named 'Henry "Onion" Shackleford' (Joshua Caleb Johnson) as he follows Brown on a holy crusade to end slavery and finds himself part of the famous 1859 raid on the Army depot at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, an instigating event that started the American Civil War.
The title of the series refers to the ivory-billed woodpecker, whose feathers John Brown believes brings him good luck.
These series launch billboards were captured along the Sunset Strip, Westwood Boulevard and Ventura Boulevard from September 27 to September 29, 2020.
For more American history you can also check out these Harriet Tubman film billboards and Underground billboards.
With the dangers of White Supremacists on the rise and the country's current leaders refusing to condemn them, there's never been a better time for a historical mini-series like this to soar to remind people that racism is wrong and Black Lives Matter.
UPDATED: Here's another billboard example spied above the Sunset Strip on October 13, 2020.
UPDATED: Here's also a Showtime awards consideration billboard for the limited series spotted along the Sunset Strip on January 24, 2021.
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