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Green Pastures
Starring: Rex Ingram & Oscar Polk Director: Marc Connelly & William Keighley

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Format: DVD

Genre: Drama

Average Customer Rating: Rating 4.9
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DVD Features:

Encoding: Region (unknown)
Package Type: Keep Case
Aspect Ratio: Full Frame - 1.33

Description by OLDIES.com:

"You gotta git your minds fixed," the rural preacher tells Sunday School children. And the best way to do that fixin' is from Old Testament stories narrated by the preacher, played by a black cast, backed by the joyful gospel sounds of the Hall Johnson Choir and based on Marc Connelly's folk-themed Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Rex Ingram portrays de Lawd, who has 100,000 things to do before any human's next breath - like instructing Noah (Eddie Anderson); taking counsel with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob; or teaching Moses tricks to dazzle Pharaoh. Get your mind fixed for The Green Pastures. It's a film of its time. But like all great art, it transcends it.

Product Description:

An all-black cast brings to life this screen version of Marc Connelly's play. A series of biblical stories are told from a black perspective. Unlike many so-called Hollywood biblical epics, this sensitive, thoughful film brings to the scriptures a profound level of understanding.

Plot Synopsis:

The bible comes vibrantly to life when an old Sunday school teacher recounts parables from The Good Book.

Plot Keywords:

Black Heritage | Drama | Religion

Production Notes:

  • The music consists of traditional spirituals.
  • Three television productions were eventually made from the play during the 1950s.

Cast and Crew:

Starring Rex Ingram & Oscar Polk
Directed by Marc Connelly & William Keighley

DVD Details:

  • Commentary by Actor LeVar Burton and Black Cultural Scholars Herb Boyd and Ed Guerrero
  • 2 Vintage Musical Shorts: Rufus Jones for President and An All-Colored Vaudeville Show
  • Theatrical Trailer
  • Label: Warner Bros. Home Video
  • Originally Released in: 1936
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 33 minutes
  • Video: Black & White
  • Region: Region 1 encoding; USA & Canada.
  • Release Date: January 10, 2006
  • OLDIES.com Sales Rank: 3,378
  • Item UPC: 012569676756
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx); Counts as 1 item(s) for International Shipping.

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