I'll Fly Away (1991)

Genre

drama television series

Country

United States

Length

3 seasons, 39 episodes

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A black housekeeper works for a white district attorney in the American South during the late 1950s and early 1960s. She gradually becomes active in the civil rights movement and draws her employer into the struggle.

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What happens

I'll Fly Away is an American television drama series that aired on NBC from October 7, 1991, to February 5, 1993. Set during the late 1950s and early 1960s, in an unspecified Southern U.S. state, it stars Regina Taylor as Lilly Harper, a Black housekeeper for the family of district attorney Forrest Bedford, played by Sam Waterston (the character's name is a twist on the name of Confederate Army General Nathan Bedford Forrest, an early leader of the Ku Klux Klan). As the show progresses, Lilly becomes increasingly involved in the Civil Rights Movement, which eventually pulls in her employer as well. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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