The Green Pastures

(1936)

Black Cast / Drama

93 minutes

Directed by Marc Connelly and William Keighley
 
Cast:

Abraham Gleaves as Archangel
Al Stokes as Cain
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson as Noah
Edna Mae Harris as Zeba
Frank Wilson as Moses
George Reed as Mr. Deshee and Aaron
Myrtle Anderson as Eve
Oscar Polk as Gabriel
Rex Ingram as De Lawd and Adam and Hezdrel
James Fuller as Cain the Sixth
George Randol as High Priest
Ida Forsyne as Noah's wife

God, heaven, and several Old Testament stories, including the Creation and Noah's Ark , are featured in this film to describe the point of view of rural, black Americans.