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| Warner Bros. | Release Date: August 1, 1936 |
Starring:
Abraham Gleaves, Al Stokes, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Edna Mae Harris, Frank H. Wilson, George Reed, James Fuller, Myrtle Anderson, Oscar Polk, Rex Ingram
Summary:
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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Green Pastures, told with gentle humor, gives more meaning to biblical stories than most holier-than-thou entries. [23 Feb 2003, p.9]
Southern idiom, delicious fish fries, and naive theology are fused with awe and wonder.
It has enormous charm in its folklorish fancies, and a performance of great gentleness and good humour from Ingram which is never tainted by the mawkish religiosity that creeps in towards the end. What is offensive is the way in which the depths of plangent suffering that inspired the spirituals are totally ignored.
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