I'll Fly Away

I'll Fly Away (1991)

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

  • Genre: Drama
  • Creator: Joshua Brand, John Falsey
  • First Air Date: 1991-10-07
  • Last Air Date: 1993-10-11
  • Total Seasons: 3
  • Total Episodes: 39
  • Status: Ended
  • Episode Runtime: 60 min.
  • Networks: NBC
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Summary

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.

  • Keywords: southern usa, civil rights, racism, period drama, housekeeper, district attorney, 1950s, domestic worker
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    I'll Fly Away Seasons

    Season 1

    First Air Date: 1991-10-07
    22 Episodes

    Season 2

    First Air Date: 1992-09-25
    16 Episodes

    Season 3

    First Air Date: 1993-10-11
    1 Episodes

    I'll Fly Away Episodes

    Title Air Date Duration
    Season 1Episode 1(Pilot)60 min
    Season 1Episode 2The Hat60 min
    Season 1Episode 3Rules of the Game60 min
    Season 1Episode 4Amazing Grace60 min
    Season 1Episode 5All God's Children60 min
    Season 1Episode 6Beyond Here Dar Be Dragons60 min
    Season 1Episode 7Parallel Lives60 min
    Season 1Episode 8Coming Home60 min
    Season 1Episode 9Some Desperate Glory60 min
    Season 1Episode 10Desire60 min
    Season 1Episode 11Alice Oakley Doesn't Live Here Anymore60 min
    Season 1Episode 12On the Road60 min
    Season 1Episode 13Master Magician60 min
    Season 1Episode 14Hard Lessons60 min
    Season 1Episode 15Cool Winter Blues60 min
    Season 1Episode 16The Way Things Are60 min
    Season 1Episode 17Slow Dark Coming60 min
    Season 1Episode 18Toy Soldiers60 min
    Season 1Episode 19The Kindness of Strangers60 min
    Season 1Episode 20Not Buried60 min
    Season 1Episode 21A Dangerous Comfort60 min
    Season 1Episode 22The Slightest Distance60 min
    Season 2Episode 1Hello and Goodbye60 min
    Season 2Episode 2Ruler of My Heart60 min
    Season 2Episode 3All in the Life60 min
    Season 2Episode 4Until Tomorrow60 min
    Season 2Episode 5Desperate Measure60 min
    Season 2Episode 6Freedom Bus60 min
    Season 2Episode 7Eighteen60 min
    Season 2Episode 8Fragile Truths60 min
    Season 2Episode 9Since Walter60 min
    Season 2Episode 10The Third Man60 min
    Season 2Episode 11Comfort and Joy60 min
    Season 2Episode 12Realpolitik60 min
    Season 2Episode 13Small Wishes60 min
    Season 2Episode 14What's in a Name?60 min
    Season 2Episode 15Commencement60 min
    Season 2Episode 16State60 min
    • Sam Waterston

      as Forrest Bedford
    • Regina Taylor

      as Lilly Harper
    • Jeremy London

      as Nathaniel 'Nathan' Bedford
    • Ashlee Levitch

      as Francie Bedford
    • John Aaron Bennett

      as John Morgan Bedford
    • Peter Simmons

      as Paul Slocum
    • Kathryn Harrold

      as Christina LeKatzis
    • Bill Cobbs

      as Lewis Coleman
    • Mary Alice

      as Marguerite Peck
    • Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly

      as Adlaine Harper
    Production Henry Bromell Producer
    Production David Chase Executive Producer
    Production Joshua Brand Executive Producer
    Production John Falsey Executive Producer
    Production Barbara Hall Executive Producer
    Production John Forrest Niss Producer
    Production Ian Sander Producer

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