The Green Pastures (1936)
The Green Pastures is a 1936 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 novel Ol' Man Adam an' His Chillun by Roark Bradford and the subsequent Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name by Marc Connelly.
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