The Green Pastures

Man, is this different! This is a "Biblical" account as seen through the eyes of black people during the earlier days of the 20th century. I put "Biblical" in quotes because, if you HAVE read the Bible you know that... Full review

I watched this movie late at night with a bunch of munchkins and wondered why more of the adults didn't come watch it with us... It is a unique, well-made, unassuming, enjoyable, surprising, well-told "story." I say "story," because it... Full review

I realize that many modern audiences might be turned off by this film due to the politically correct times we live in--probably moreso for the religious references than for the racial stereotypes. Nonetheless, it's a genuine feel-good movie full of... Full review

It seems almost incredible that this film was made in 1936, when the almost invariable tendency in Hollywood was to portray negroes as (perhaps) lovable, but mostly inept, submissive, rather primitive creatures, good for a laugh and musical entertainment but... Full review

I've never seen a movie like this. It's probably one of the most interesting Biblical movies I've ever seen. I'm black and I didn't think it was too offensive, considering the time period that it came from. In fact, my... Full review

Excellent screenplay, music, singing and acting. The subject matter was difficult, but the screenwriter and actors pulled it off. An excellent film, minus the stereotypes, which were a necessary evil in the 1930s. A film well worth the risk by... Full review

Old-time movie buffs - and anyone interested in the Bible - should not miss this film if they have the chance to see it. It tells the stories of the Old Testament, with an all African American cast, with the... Full review

The Green Pastures enacts Old Testament Bible stories as seen through the eyes of rural black children. The movie begins in a ramshackle church, generations ago, presumably in the Deep South. As the Sunday School teacher relates the Bible stories... Full review

I first saw "The Green Pastures" quite by accident as a 13 year-old while visiting grandparents in Detroit, Michigan many, many years ago...I never forgot it.Years later, in college, while on a date, I was telling my date about it... Full review

acknlowedging the individual from pine grove, ca, who is an agnostic, this has absolutely nothing to do with the content, intent, or production of this film that broke all barriers regarding race and blacks in leading roles. additionally, this film... Full review

But one of the biggest problems with The Green Pastures is an obvious issue that you can't see until you look at the credits. Though many will look at its message and only see the muddled, almost mean-spirited messenger behind the storyline, The Green Pastures is much more than just a hateful Hollywood minstrel show. ... Full Review

But one of the biggest problems with The Green Pastures is an obvious issue that you can't see until you look at the credits. Though many will look at its message and only see the muddled, almost mean-spirited messenger behind the storyline, The Green Pastures is much more than just a hateful Hollywood minstrel show. ... Full Review

The Green Pastures" holds up today as an entertaining and largely inoffensive film, one whose innocent demeanor and sincere sentiments overcome its obvious stereotypes..... ... Full Review

The 1936 film adaptation of Marc Connelly's musical stage play, "The Green Pastures," was a reasonable success in its day, but for a lot of folks, its day may have come and gone. On the other hand, "The Green Pastures" offers a charming moral tale, any number of memorable characterizations, some touching moments, and a good deal of enjoyably high-spirited music. ... Full Review

The Green Pastures is an odd historical artifact, but one I find insufficiently entertaining (lunlike the all-black Four Saints in Three Acts and Porgy and Bess that were similarly written by whites during the same era). It has its moments, including the gospel chorus at the heavenly fish fry before humanity is created, the economical representation of malice in front of the ark Noah is about to fill, and a brash ukulele player unimpressed by divine denunciations of breaking the Sabbath. ... Full Review

In its time, Marc Connelly's 1930 play "The Green Pastures," an epic retelling of the Old Testament through words and sensibilities of southern blacks, was embraced by two cultures still deeply entrenched in the ugly era of Jim Crow and... ... Full Article

Contact Robert Bianco at rbianco@usatoday.com TCM's exploration of race and Hollywood continues tonight with two of the few big-budget movies from the Hollywood studio era to feature African-American casts: King Vidor's Hallelujah (8 ET/5 PT) and Marc Connelly's The Green... ... Full Article

A bouquet of classic black movies-'Hallelujah!,' 'The Green Pastures,' 'Cabin in the Sky,' and 'Purlie Victorious'-arrive in anticipation of Black History month. Of course it's always the right time to revel in our cultural history but what do these pieces... ... Full Article

The Green Pastures - (1936; b/w) An all black cast headed by Rex Ingram (taking the roles of De Lawd, Adam, and Hezdrel) retells in folkloric fashion tales from Scripture's Old Testament reset in the Old South, beginning with Adam... ... Full Article

The Green Pastures [DVD] Rex Ingram plays "De Lawd," the creator of everything on Earth in Marc Connelly and William Keighley's The Green Pastures . Based, like Cabin in the Sky , on a popular stage play, this one centers... ... Full Article

"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... ... Full Article