I'll Fly Away
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 ...
Details
- First aired
- 7 Oct 1991
- Seasons
- 3
- Episodes
- 39
- TMDB 7.5
- Last aired
- 11 Oct 1993
- Genres
Drama
- Status
- Ended
- Network
- NBC
- Episode runtime
- 1 h
- Countries
US
- Original language
- en
- Original title
- I'll Fly Away
- Creators
- Cast
Sam Waterstonas Forrest Bedford Regina Tayloras Lilly Harper Jeremy Londonas Nathaniel 'Nathan' Bedford Ashlee Levitchas Francie Bedford John Aaron Bennettas John Morgan Bedford Peter Simmonsas Paul Slocum Kathryn Harroldas Christina LeKatzis Bill Cobbsas Lewis Coleman Michael Genevie Rae'Ven Larrymore Kellyas Adlaine Harper - Writers
Barbara Hall Henry Bromell David Chase Karen Hall Josef Anderson Judi Ann Mason John Falsey Dee Johnson Marjorie David Joshua Brand - Composer
W.G. Snuffy Walden Stephen James Taylor
