I'll Fly Away

1991

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.

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Released
07 Oct, 1991

(pilot)

Season 1 Episode 1

The Hat

Season 1 Episode 2

Rules Of The Game

Season 1 Episode 3

Amazing Grace

Season 1 Episode 4

All God's Children

Season 1 Episode 5

Beyond Here Dar Be Dragons

Season 1 Episode 6

Parallel Lives

Season 1 Episode 7

Coming Home

Season 1 Episode 8

Some Desperate Glory

Season 1 Episode 9

Desire

Season 1 Episode 10

Alice Oakley Doesn't Live Here Anymore

Season 1 Episode 11

On The Road

Season 1 Episode 12

Master Magician

Season 1 Episode 13

Hard Lessons

Season 1 Episode 14

Cool Winter Blues

Season 1 Episode 15

The Way Things Are

Season 1 Episode 16

Slow Dark Coming

Season 1 Episode 17

Toy Soldiers

Season 1 Episode 18

The Kindness Of Strangers

Season 1 Episode 19

Not Buried

Season 1 Episode 20

A Dangerous Comfort

Season 1 Episode 21

The Slightest Distance

Season 1 Episode 22

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