The Green Pastures (film)
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Initial DVD release January 10, 2006 Duration | 7.2/10 IMDb Genre Drama Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Director Marc ConnellyWilliam Keighley Release date July 16, 1936 (1936-07-16) Writer Roark Bradford (suggested by: Southern Sketches "Ol Man Adam and His Chillun"), Marc Connelly (a fable by) Cast Similar movies Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Green Pastures is a 1936 American film depicting stories from the Bible as visualized by African-American characters. It starred Rex Ingram (in several roles, including "De Lawd"), Oscar Polk, and Eddie "Rochester" Anderson. It was based on the 1928 novel Ol' Man Adam an' His Chillun by Roark Bradford and the 1930 Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name by Marc Connelly.
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The Green Pastures was one of only six feature films in the Hollywood Studio era to feature an all-African American cast, though elements of it were criticised by civil rights activists at the time and subsequently.
Plot summary
God tests the human race in this reenactment of Bible stories set in the world of black American folklore.
Reception
In spite of criticisms about its racial stereotyping, The Green Pastures proved to be an enormously popular film. On its opening day at New York's Radio City Music Hall, tickets sold at a rate of 6,000 per hour. The film was held over for an entire year's run at some theaters. It remained the highest grossing all-black cast film until the release of Carmen Jones in 1954.
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