I'll Fly Away

Oct 07, 1991 (en) Drama [60] Min
  • First Air Date
    Oct 07, 1991
  • Production
  • Rotten tomato
    70%
  • Original title
    I'll Fly Away
  • Release
    Oct 07, 1991
  • en
    -

In a Time of Change, Some Values Never Go Out Of Style.

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.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Henry Bromell, John Forrest Niss, Ian Sander

    Producer

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Casts

  1. Sam Waterston

    Forrest Bedford

  2. Regina Taylor

    Lilly Harper

  3. Jeremy London

    Nathaniel 'Nathan' Bedford

  4. Ashlee Levitch

    Francie Bedford

  5. John Aaron Bennett

    John Morgan Bedford

  6. Peter Simmons

    Paul Slocum

  7. Kathryn Harrold

    Christina LeKatzis

  8. Bill Cobbs

    Lewis Coleman

  9. Mary Alice

    Marguerite Peck

  10. Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly

    Adlaine Harper

Full Casts & Crew

Casts : 10 / Crews : 7

Season 1 ( 1991-10-07)

(pilot)

Episode: 1

The Hat

Episode: 2

Rules Of The Game

Episode: 3

Amazing Grace

Episode: 4

All God's Children

Episode: 5

Beyond Here Dar Be Dragons

Episode: 6

Parallel Lives

Episode: 7

Coming Home

Episode: 8

Some Desperate Glory

Episode: 9

Desire

Episode: 10

Alice Oakley Doesn't Live Here Anymore

Episode: 11

On The Road

Episode: 12

Master Magician

Episode: 13

Hard Lessons

Episode: 14

Cool Winter Blues

Episode: 15

The Way Things Are

Episode: 16

Slow Dark Coming

Episode: 17

Toy Soldiers

Episode: 18

The Kindness Of Strangers

Episode: 19

Not Buried

Episode: 20

A Dangerous Comfort

Episode: 21

The Slightest Distance

Episode: 22

Season 2 ( 1992-09-25)

Hello And Goodbye

Episode: 1

Ruler Of My Heart

Episode: 2

All In The Life

Episode: 3

Until Tomorrow

Episode: 4

Desperate Measure

Episode: 5

Freedom Bus

Episode: 6

Eighteen

Episode: 7

Fragile Truths

Episode: 8

Since Walter

Episode: 9

The Third Man

Episode: 10

Comfort And Joy

Episode: 11

Realpolitik

Episode: 12

Small Wishes

Episode: 13

What's In A Name?

Episode: 14

Commencement

Episode: 15

State

Episode: 16

Season 3 ( 1993-10-11)

I'll Fly Away: Then And Now

Episode: 1
Oct 07, 1991 (en)
Drama
[60] Min
  • First Air Date Oct 07, 1991
  • Production
  • Rotten tomato 70%
Original Title I'll Fly Away
en

In a Time of Change, Some Values Never Go Out Of Style.

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.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Henry Bromell, John Forrest Niss, Ian Sander

    Producer