when you pop either the green pasture or hallelujah in your dvd player and warner brother disclaimer come up and state these film be a product of their time . it do not express warner brother opinion . okay and theyre set the record straight . they want to present two excellent movie and without offend anyone . the warning be eclipse by two factor . these two film and both with all black cast and showcase amazing talent often smother by the then hollywood studio system . they also both carry a message of faith tell in a very entertaining manner . the green pasture open with a sunday school sermon in the deep south . the classroom be make up of attentive black child ask some pretty intelligent question about the bible . we peek into one child view of heaven . since this child probably know very little of the world outside her community and heaven be one big fish fry with plenty to eat and where the adult get to hangout and smoke ten cent see gar . it here where god ( refer to in the film a de lawd ) make an appearance . this be an oscar worthy performance by rex ingram and one of many black actor at the time who seldom receive decent film work from hollywood . ingram play de lawd in a sweet and soft spoken manner and never talk down to the human he create . now youre just do fine and he tell adam . but there just one thing miss . you need a family . ingram quiet tone always tell u this guy have thing in order . film fan may remember rex ingram a jim in huckleberry finn ( 1939 ) and a the laughing and constantly sarcastic genie in the thief of bagdad ( 1940 ) . not only be ingram an accomplished stage actor and but he be a certified md as well . ingram also play adam and hezdrel . during the late performance and green pasture most memorable time test message come across very simply . we realize this be truly a cinematic classic . the bible story be depict here in pseudo 20th century setting with old world behavior . ( much like the village in the first three frankenstein film ) moses be a modern day trickster who give pharaoh top magician a run for his money . in another scene and a pistol pack gangster in a double breasted suit mouth off to noah .