I'll Fly Away

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television series

"I'll Fly Away" is an acclaimed early-1990s American television drama series set in the segregated South, exploring civil rights and social change through the intertwined lives of a Black housekeeper and the white family she works for.

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I'll Fly Away canonical 3
I’ll Fly Away 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf television series ⓘ
awardReceived Peabody Award ⓘ
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardReceivedBy Regina Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ
broadcastFormat hour-long episodes ⓘ
characterOccupation Forrest Bedford – lawyer ⓘ
Lilly Harper – housekeeper ⓘ
characterRole Forrest Bedford – white Southern attorney NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lilly Harper – Black housekeeper for a white family NERFINISHED ⓘ
composer James Newton Howard NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator John Falsey NERFINISHED ⓘ
Joshua Brand NERFINISHED ⓘ
criticalReception acclaimed ⓘ
depicts civil rights activism ⓘ
legal battles over segregation ⓘ
executiveProducer John Falsey NERFINISHED ⓘ
Joshua Brand NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy I'll Fly Away: Then and Now NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
legal drama ⓘ
period drama ⓘ
hasTelevisionFilmConclusion I'll Fly Away: Then and Now NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor exploration of civil rights issues on television ⓘ
portrayal of race relations in the American South ⓘ
leadActor Regina Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sam Waterston NERFINISHED ⓘ
leadCharacter Forrest Bedford NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lilly Harper NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainTheme civil rights movement ⓘ
family dynamics ⓘ
racial justice ⓘ
racial segregation ⓘ
social change ⓘ
narrativeLocation American South NERFINISHED ⓘ
segregated South ⓘ
numberOfEpisodes 38 ⓘ
numberOfSeasons 2 ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalNetwork NBC ⓘ
originalRunEndDate 1993 ⓘ
originalRunStartDate 1991 ⓘ
productionCompany Brand-Falsey Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lorimar Television NERFINISHED ⓘ
setInPeriod early 1960s ⓘ
late 1950s ⓘ
targetAudience adult ⓘ

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Regina Taylor → notableWork → I'll Fly Away ⓘ
David Chase → workedOn → I'll Fly Away ⓘ
this entity surface form: I’ll Fly Away
Joshua Brand → notableWork → I'll Fly Away ⓘ
Joshua Brand → contributedTo → I'll Fly Away ⓘ
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (soundtrack) → notableTrack → I'll Fly Away ⓘ
this entity surface form: I’ll Fly Away
Henry Bromell → workedOn → I'll Fly Away ⓘ
this entity surface form: I’ll Fly Away