The Green Pastures

IMDb link: 0027700
IMDb rating: 7 (1,009 votes)
Genres: Drama
Director: Marc Connelly, William Keighley
Cast: Rex Ingram, Oscar Polk, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Frank H. Wilson and others

Release date: 1 Aug 1936
Release year: 1936
Runtime: 93 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: gospel, creation, miracle, depiction of god, based on the bible, black cast, color in title, african american, religion, pulitzer prize source

Plot:

God, heaven, and several Old Testament stories, including the Creation and Noah's Ark, are described supposedly using the perspective of rural, black Americans.

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