Many Americans may not be familiar with James Garfield’s brief presidency, let alone his brutal assassination. But Netflix aims to change that with its new miniseries Death by Lightning, which dramatizes the fateful events of 1881.
The four-episode series, starring Michael Shannon and Matthew Macfadyen, “brings to life the epic and stranger-than-fiction true story of James Garfield, reluctant 20th president of the United States, and his greatest admirer Charles Guiteau — the man who would come to kill him,” according to an official logline.
