📜 Overview: I'll Fly Away is an American drama television series set during the late 1950s and early 1960s, in an unspecified Southern U.S. state. It aired on NBC from 1991 to 1993 and starred Regina Taylor as Lilly Harper, a black housekeeper for the family of district attorney Forrest Bedford, whose name is an ironic reference to Nathan Bedford Forrest, the founder of the Ku Klux Klan. As the show progressed, Lilly became increasingly involved in the Civil Rights Movement, with events eventually drawing in Forrest as well. I'll Fly Away won two 1992 Emmy Awards, and 23 nominations in total. It won three Humanitas Prizes, two Golden Globe Awards, two NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Drama Series, and a Peabody Award. However, the series was never a ratings blockbuster, and it was canceled by NBC in 1993, despite widespread protests by critics and viewer organizations. After the program's cancellation, a two-hour movie, I'll Fly Away: Then and Now, was produced, in order to resolve dangling storylines from Season 2, and provide the series with a true finale. The movie aired on October 11, 1993 on PBS. Its major storyline closely paralleled the true story of the 1955 murder of Emmett Till in Money, Mississippi. Thereafter, PBS began airing repeats of the original episodes, ceasing after one complete showing of the entire series.
🌏 Languages Available: English
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⭐ Vote Average: 7.0

Beloved Cast

Sam Waterston original image
Forrest Bedford
Sam Waterston
Regina Taylor original image
Lilly Harper
Regina Taylor
Jeremy London original image
Nathaniel 'Nathan' Bedford
Jeremy London
Ashlee Levitch original image
Francie Bedford
Ashlee Levitch
John Aaron Bennett original image
John Morgan Bedford
John Aaron Bennett
Peter Simmons original image
Paul Slocum
Peter Simmons
Kathryn Harrold original image
Christina LeKatzis
Kathryn Harrold
Bill Cobbs original image
Lewis Coleman
Bill Cobbs
Mary Alice original image
Marguerite Peck
Mary Alice
Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly original image
Adlaine Harper
Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly

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