Clip from The Green Pastures (1936)

Sorry for the quality. I saving for a TIVO HD!

About the film from Wiki:
The Green Pastures is a play written in 1930 by Marc Connelly adapted from Ol' Man Adam an' His Chillun (1928), a collection of stories written by Roark Bradford.

The play portrays episodes from the Old Testament as seen through the eyes of a young African-American child in the Depression-era South, who interprets The Bible in terms familiar to her.

Connolly later collaborated with William Keighley in the direction of a Hollywood film adaptation of the play, which was made in 1936, starring Rex Ingram as "De Lawd". At the time the film caused some controversy. It was banned in Australia, Finland, and Hungary on the grounds that it was "blasphemous" to portray Biblical characters in this way. While the play and the film adaptation were generally well received and hailed by white drama and film critics, African American intellectuals, cultural critics, and audiences were more critical of Connelly's claim to be presenting an authentic view of black religious thought.

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Film & Animation

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• Clip from The Green Pastures Recorded May 6
• 2009
• TCM

[Kedziekid]

The Hall - Johnson singers are wonderful. This film gives more meaning to the stories in the bible than many more elaborate "biblical epics" do.

[coolskater187]

I saw this on tv in the 70's when i was a kid. Was and still is a great movie.

[djdabblin]

Hollywood! What are you trying to say? lol

[bzandaz]

LOL OMG "HERE COMES DE LAWD", I HOPE DE LORD LIKES MY ROBE" ,"DO I LOOK ALRIGHT"!!! LOLOLOLOL WHAT THE!!!!!

[pixelsword]

@up2space

With what? LOL!!!

[up2space]

@pixelsword fuck you jewbag

[pixelsword]

@up2space

Yes you are, you're a fat, bloated pale goyim, the original definition of one.

I am a Hebrew, and you're just another goy with a small penis. A small penis is hell, so no matter where you go, you're never be in heaven! :D

[up2space]

@pixelsword i'm not a nigger. you must be a jew. no heaven for them.

[pixelsword]

@up2space

You better hope so, or else where would YOU go?

[redneckmarine87]

this should be shown in every Sunday school class

[MrsJChrist]

This is one of my favorite movies; Oprah needs to put these kind of movies on Her network.

[TriforcePlayer2]

HAS YA BEEN BAPTIZED? CERTAINLY LAWD! HAS YE BEEN BAPTIZED? CERTAINLY LAWD, CERTAINLY, CERTAINLY, CERTAINLY LAWD!! SRSLY diggin this movie.