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- The_Green_Pastures_(film) abstract "The Green Pastures is a 1936 film depicting stories from the Bible as visualized by African American characters. It starred Rex Ingram (in several roles, including "De Lawd"), Oscar Polk, and Eddie "Rochester" Anderson. It was based on the novel Ol' Man Adam an' His Chillun by Roark Bradford and the subsequent Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name by Marc Connelly.Although criticised by civil rights activists at the time, and subsequently, it is one of only six feature films in the Hollywood Studio era to feature an all-African American cast.".