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I'll Fly Away

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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.

Date: 10/07/1991
Rating: 7.0
Cast: Sam Waterston, Regina Taylor, Jeremy London, Ashlee Levitch, John Aaron Bennett, Peter Simmons, Kathryn Harrold, Bill Cobbs, Mary Alice, Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly

Sam Waterston as Forrest Bedford in I'll Fly Away Sam Waterston

Regina Taylor as Lilly Harper in I'll Fly Away Regina Taylor

Jeremy London as Nathaniel 'Nathan' Bedford in I'll Fly Away Jeremy London

Ashlee Levitch

John Aaron Bennett

Peter Simmons

Kathryn Harrold as Christina LeKatzis in I'll Fly Away Kathryn Harrold

Bill Cobbs as Lewis Coleman in I'll Fly Away Bill Cobbs

Mary Alice as Marguerite Peck in I'll Fly Away Mary Alice

Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly as Adlaine Harper in I'll Fly Away Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly