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Title:

The green pastures [videorecording] / Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. present ; directed by Marc Connelly and William Keighley.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Edition:

Standard version.

Publisher:

Warner Home Video,

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

1 videodisc (ca. 93 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

African Americans--Religion--Drama.
Noah--(Biblical figure)--Drama.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Authors:

Connelly, Marc, 1890-1980.
Keighley, William, 1889-1984.
Ingram, Rex, 1895-1969.
Anderson, Eddie, 1905-1977.
Waters, Ethel, 1896-1977.
Davis, Sammy, 1925-1990.
Burton, LeVar.
Boyd, Herb.
Guerrera, Ed.
Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967)
Hall Johnson Choir.
Warner Home Video (Firm)

Other Titles:

Rufus Jones for president.
All-colored vaudeville show.

Notes:

Rex Ingram, Eddie Anderson, Oscar Polk, Frank Wilson, Myrtle Anderson. Originally released as a motion picture in 1936. Based on a fable by Marc Connolly. Dual-layer format. Special features: commentary by actor LeVar Burton and Black Cultural scholars Herb Boyd and Ed Guerrera ; 2 vingage musical shorts: "Rufus Jones for president", featuring Ethel Waters and 7-year-old Sammy Davis Jr. ; "An all-colored vaudeville show", featuring Adelaide Hall and the Nicholas Brothers ; theatrical trailer.

Summary:

A series of biblical stories are told from a black perspective. Unlike many Hollywood biblical epics, this sensitive, thoughtful film brings to the scriptures a profound level of understanding.

ISBN:

9781419817113
1419817116

UPC:

012569676756

Locations:

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)