The Story behind "The Green Pastures"

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  • @barryriem3216
    @barryriem3216 24 дні тому +1

    I grew up in Memphis Tennessee. As a child I spent a lot of time downtown in many warehouses, loading docks and companies. My father drove a delivery truck a few days a week. I went as often as I was allowed. A real neat photo of him was online in the background of a photo opp of Elvis in his Thunderbird. That is the truck I rode in with him for about 7 years. As a child I attended the first wake I had ever been to. Maybe I was 6 years old. He was a man my daddy and I worked with. When he was working he would give me a handfull of roasted peanuts and I would help him with all the small boxes. When we were done he would pay me 5 cent and I would buy a coke. He was my favorite of all the guys. His name was Mr Mack. The point to this was all but maybe 3 of these guys were African American. Also dad had a main job securing trailers to flat cars. Another group of great guys. I learned at an early age that I knew which group of guys treated me "even" and I could trust. All of these people had 1 thing in common. They thought very much of my dad. In all my days I remember only 1 African American person I got into it with. It had nothing to do with race. We just did not like eack other a lot. I also will add I would have been fine if he had not started something 3 times a day. I ended up just quitting before we had a bad day. Another issue was a job I had I was an inspector. A staff of over 100 people scattered over a 250 mile area maybe 60% African American and before I even met most of them I was said to be very raciest and would never promote any African Americans or give them raises. That was true. I had no authority to do so. I was only an inspector. Along the way they realized that was not me and several people came to me and told how the story started. Yep...a white women that did not like me told to a white women that had never met me. And all was well. in the 1980s I recorded movies on a tv station that ran all night. No commercials. One night a movie was on called The Green Pastures. I loved it. I shared it with friends but I stopped doing that. The reason was that they saw a different movie than I did. I saw that being raciest and saying those things was so easy for them. And it hurt. I wondered if that was in me too. I did not watch the movie for about 8 years. Tonight I enjoyed it so much. It was not in me. The Green Pastures is a wonderful movie.

  • @thesoymilk
    @thesoymilk 7 років тому +43

    I'm so angry that UA-cam is selling Green Pastures. It should be in public domain. I used to watch it all the time in its entirety. It's one of my favorite movies

    • @Themaddprof
      @Themaddprof  7 років тому +2

      I could understand how you feel, but since Warner Brothers pictures still owns the copyright on the film, that's how it happens sometimes.

    • @JomoDaMusicMan
      @JomoDaMusicMan 6 років тому +8

      OF COURSE, IF THIS IS THE ONLY WAY WE CAN GET IT BY BUYING IT, WE BUY LOTS OF STUFF WE REALLY DON'T NEED. BUT I THINK ALL OUR CHILDREN SHOULD GET TO SEE GREEN PASTURES, CABIN N THE SKY, HALLALUAH AND THE 1970's BUCK AND THE PREACHER

    • @Themaddprof
      @Themaddprof  6 років тому +1

      @@JomoDaMusicMan I agree.

    • @michaeljotoyajackson7294
      @michaeljotoyajackson7294 3 роки тому +2

      @@Themaddprof : We so called Afrikan Diasporans are the TRUE SEED OF YISRAEL. POINT 📌📍 BLANK 🎯 BULLSEYE PERIOD 🔴🤔. Green Pastures is based on "FACTS" with Mockery thrown in. POINT 📌📍 BLANK 🎯 BULLSEYE PERIOD 🔴🤔 Do your own research please son of Zion. Shalom Salaam my Hebrew Yisraelite Brother. 💋💕💗😍🕎🥰💖💞👄

  • @42awww
    @42awww 5 років тому +10

    My friend, our stories are very close indeed. We are the same age and I caught a bit of ot but also fell asleep. But "The Lord" make a huge effect on me for some reason. Thankfully, my father knew what I was talking about and was proud that I liked an old movie. And just now, about40 years later, I thought to look it up, but did not know the name of this classic. I am a white man, I don't understand how skin colour amounts to a hill of beans. A classic movie to be enjoyed by all. This movie helped me find "The Lord!"

  • @kingveteran9100
    @kingveteran9100 6 років тому +42

    This movie should be playing on every network channel and should be on Netflix! .... This movie was banned for some made up reasons but they can somehow put homosexuality and all these satanic rituals of human sacrifices etc. garbage on TV! .... Christ will return to end all of this!!!!

    • @stanb990
      @stanb990 4 роки тому +4

      It was banned for the same reason Uncle Remus was banned.
      No matter how smart or noble they made the characters
      It was thought that it portrayed negative stereotypes of the ignorant Negro.
      Those same people had no problem with the negative stereotypes of ignorant white people in the Yearling.
      I grew up with people who grew up in these times.
      They sounded like this, both colors and mixes

    • @IzrealJakobTV
      @IzrealJakobTV 2 роки тому

      Bring That Out‼️

  • @isaiahyasharahlah8624
    @isaiahyasharahlah8624 6 років тому +17

    Thawadah,
    Thank you Elder,
    I was completely in to the lesson and was wonderfully educated.
    Thank you again.
    REQUEST
    WEILL YOU PLEASE TEACH THE HISTORY OF THE BLACK/AFRICAN AMERIVANS BEING THE PEOPLS THE BIBLE SPEAKS ABOUT NEXT?!!!??

    • @sherrelly8845
      @sherrelly8845 2 роки тому

      African American Is A Misnomer
      For The Chosen People Of The
      Americas. For Indeed The Bible
      Pertains To All Of The Americas:
      North South Central Canada And
      Caribbean
      Simply Known By Her Fruit Which Are
      Mentioned Throughout The Scriptures
      Which Were Non-Existent In Other Parts
      Of The World During Scriptural Writings:
      Middle East Asia Africa And Europe Had
      None If? Any Of All Biblically Mentioned Fruit Veges Herbs Plants Trees , As Do
      The Americas
      Therefore Africa Is Exempt Also Because
      That Land Was Introduced To Corn. The Staple Food Of Biblical Narratives/People
      Until 322 Years Ago By The Portuguese
      Matter Of Fact Out Of Africa's 630 Crops
      They Have Today. 600 Were Introduced Unto Places Like Aegyptos Bharat(Asia) Europe And Middle East
      Biblically Mentioned Fruit Veges Herbs
      Plants Trees That Are All Native To The Americas
      1. Gopherwood(Noah's Ark)
      2. Shittem Wood(Ark Of Covenant)
      3. Corn a. Mizraimnite Pharoah Dream
      Of Cornstalks
      b. David Took Parched Corn Unto
      His Brother's Camp. During The
      . Stand-Off With The Hamitic
      Philistines When David Slew
      Goliath
      c. Messiah Plucked Corn On
      The Sabbath And Ate. Which
      Cannot Be Done With Wheat
      As The Newly Translated Bibles
      Have Written. Because Bacteria
      Grows On Wheat That If Eaten
      Raw Causes Sickness/Death
      Therefore Must Be Soaked And
      Cooked Before Consumption
      4. Hyssop(The Jacobites Struck Their Door
      Posts With Blood Using Hyssop
      5. Poplar Chestnut Hazelnut
      (Ringstraked Laban's Animals)
      6. Machineel Apple Tree AKA Forbidden
      Fruit In The Midst Of The Garden
      a. Is The Most Poisonous Tree On
      Earth Which Kills From Eating And
      Touching
      b. Is Found Only In Florida Central South
      America And Caribbean
      7. American Pine(From Which The Balm Of
      Gilead AKA Turpentine Is
      Extracted
      8. Spices(Which South America Is Home
      To The Mother Of All Spices
      AKA CHILTEPIN
      9. Strawberry
      10. Blueberry
      11. Pulse/Beans( Daniel Requested Instead
      Of Nebuchadnezzar's Meat
      12. Concord Grapes(Red Wine 🍷)
      a. Adonizedec AKA Melchizedec AKA
      Shem Gave Abraham Along With
      Bread After The 9 King's War To
      Save Lot Are Native To America
      So Are The Many Slime Pits AKA
      Tarpits AKA Pitch(Noah Waterproofed
      The Ark) AKA Bitumen AKA Petroleum
      Which Extend From California To
      South America Where Many Pockets
      Of Slime Called MENES Are Found
      Throughout South America
      a. MENES Is The Name Of An Ancient
      American Pharoah
      13. Almonds
      14. Olives
      15. Pomegranates
      16. Agave=Aloe
      17. Sycamore Fig=Zaccheas
      18. To Be Cont'd
      Plus The Animals Mentioned Are Also Native To The Americas
      See: Kurimeo's Truth Of Ancient America
      Pt 10
      See: Chief Moreh's Migration 1-5
      See: UBNews America Is Egypt
      Beast Of Field
      RICKYON First Pharoah
      See: Dane Calloway's Easter Egg Hunt
      Sunday Pt 3
      See: Truth UnCompromeyezed
      a. King James Stewart
      See: LEGENDARY TOPCATZ
      See: Straight Up
      See: Wise Up
      See: Jon Levi
      See: Michelle Gibson
      See: 432 Drop Nation
      See: Genesis 6:4 KJV/Enoch 15
      See: Mudfossil University
      See:

  • @TevinHypolite
    @TevinHypolite Рік тому +5

    YAH IS CALLING US TO OPEN OUR EYES SO-CALLED BLACK PEOPLE

  • @damonmilline9227
    @damonmilline9227 2 роки тому +4

    Good Information Brother! The Truth is finally coming out! PRAISE YAHWEH!!!!!!!

  • @mrdanjr0824
    @mrdanjr0824 3 роки тому +2

    I watched this in the 70's in high school. As a freshman in college, I had to write an impromptu essay to test out of English Literature. I wrote a review of this film from memory and tested out. I loved the movie and my enthusiasm showed. It is a delicious twist on the beloved Old Testament.

  • @rashadjames8996
    @rashadjames8996 5 років тому +37

    They know we are the Real Hebrews, they know that Yahuah is Black, as were Adam and Eve, Noah, Abraham etc

  • @33Keith33
    @33Keith33 4 роки тому +5

    One thing that I loved about the film was Rex Ingram’s performance as “De Lawd”. How many other actors could have played the role and still have had portrayed the character with the same level of dignity as he had?

  • @lovepeace1518
    @lovepeace1518 4 роки тому +22

    Lamentations 4:8
    8 Their VISAGE is BLACKER than a COAL; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.
    Lamentations 5:10
    10 Our SKIN was BLACK like an oven because of the terrible famine.
    Jeremiah 14:2
    2 Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; THEY ARE BLACK unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
    Hebrews 7: 14 (THE TRIBE CHRIST CAME FROM WAS JUDAH AND THEY ARE BLACK)
    14 For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.
    Job 30:30
    30 My SKIN is BLACK upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.
    Song of Solomon 1:5-6
    5 I am BLACK, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
    6 Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.
    Revelation 1:14-15
    14 His head and his hairs were white like WOOL, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
    15 And his feet like unto fine BRASS, as if they BURNED in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.
    Daniel 10:5-6
    5 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz:
    6 His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in COLOUR to polished BRASS, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.
    Daniel 7:9
    9 I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure WOOL: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.
    Exodus 4:6-7
    6 And the Lord said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow.
    7 And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.
    Acts 13:1
    Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
    (Niger is Latin and means black, the Apostles were called Nigers, you do the math?) It's sacrilege to portray GOD and the Messiah as white. It is blasphemous and evil but to portray them as Dark-skinned Negroes is not only Historically and Biblically accurate but it is the ONLY correct way to depict the Creator of the earth and His Son.

    • @followerofyahushua3101
      @followerofyahushua3101 2 роки тому +3

      Thank you for sharing scripture. Thanks I only remembered the ones from Revelation and Daniel and wisom. His name is not Lord and Jesus, it is יהוהYahuah and יהושע Yahusha. I’m going to share those scriptures with my friend from Kenya.

    • @wakminostroba29
      @wakminostroba29 2 роки тому

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    • @wakminostroba29
      @wakminostroba29 2 роки тому

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      @wakminostroba29 2 роки тому

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    • @marycurry837
      @marycurry837 2 роки тому +1

      @@followerofyahushua3101 Their Names Are YAHAWAH AND YAHAWAHSHI.

  • @stanb990
    @stanb990 4 роки тому +3

    I watched a small portion of this movie on the late late night movie when I was 16.
    I had fallen asleep with the TV on and woke up.
    As hard as I tried I couldn't stay awake to finish it.
    I only remember one scene but I could always picture the actor who played God.
    The scene was so powerful that I have searched for 42 years to find the movie to watch
    Tonight I finally did.
    Maybe it's the nostalgia of identifying with the kinds of people I grew up around in such a simpler time
    But I think this should be mandatory viewing for all studentship of America literature

  • @waltermahovlich1962
    @waltermahovlich1962 4 роки тому +1

    What a wonderful movie and book! All of us should love and treasure - and share - our folk traditions.

  • @Tank7153
    @Tank7153 Рік тому +2

    Baruch 2:30-35
    30 For I knew that they would not hear me, because it is a stiffnecked people: but in the land of their captivities they shall remember themselves.
    31 And shall know that I am the Lord their God: for I will give them an heart, and ears to hear:
    32 And they shall praise me in the land of their captivity, and think upon my name,
    33 And return from their stiff neck, and from their wicked deeds: for they shall remember the way of their fathers, which sinned before the Lord.
    34 And I will bring them again into the land which I promised with an oath unto their fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and they shall be lords of it: and I will increase them, and they shall not be diminished.
    35 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them to be their God, and they shall be my people: and I will no more drive my people of Israel out of the land that I have given them.

  • @yathnielgreen6127
    @yathnielgreen6127 2 роки тому +6

    Praise Yahweh!

    • @Stephen-nd8fo
      @Stephen-nd8fo 2 роки тому +2

      I'm so glad you are telling the truth my Israelite Sister. I haven't seen the whole movie yet however they got the right people playing the roles. Our people.

    • @yathnielgreen6127
      @yathnielgreen6127 2 роки тому +3

      That's right thats why it was banned!

  • @karenmicciulli784
    @karenmicciulli784 6 років тому +8

    I love this movie.

    • @Themaddprof
      @Themaddprof  6 років тому

      Thanks. So do I. I'm glad you are also enjoying this channel.

  • @IsaiahIsraelBinJoseph
    @IsaiahIsraelBinJoseph 2 роки тому +2

    Let the truth be told🗣🕎📜📯

  • @dianewhiteclayton75388
    @dianewhiteclayton75388 4 роки тому +2

    Thank you so much for this history...an excellent & very informative presentation. Would you happen to know the arranger of "In Bright Mansions" from the movie?

    • @Themaddprof
      @Themaddprof  4 роки тому

      Not offhand, but I will look into that tomorrow. Thanks for your comments.

    • @Themaddprof
      @Themaddprof  4 роки тому

      It was Hall Johnson, director of the Hall Johnson's Choir who did the soundtrack for the film.

    • @dianewhiteclayton75388
      @dianewhiteclayton75388 4 роки тому

      @@Themaddprof Hmmm. I saw that in the credits but wasn't sure that it was accurate. Now I think I've figured out my confusion. So, I'm just learning that there was "The Green Pastures" the movie, then there was "The Green Pastures the Hall of Fame television production which I believe starred William Warfield. Leonard de Paur arranged the "Bright Mansions" in the TV version. That's probably more info that you wanted to know but I'm doing some research on that piece and was trying to find the score. If you ever hear of where I could lay my eyes on the movie score, please let me know. Thank you again. Peace & blessing

    • @Themaddprof
      @Themaddprof  4 роки тому

      @@dianewhiteclayton75388 well, Hall Johnson was the conductor of the choir of the same name. There is a trailer for the film on the DVD, of which I'm not sure is on you tube, that mentions in some detail the contributions of Hall Johnson to this film.

  • @MrElliotc02
    @MrElliotc02 2 роки тому

    Excellent presentation...thank you

  • @seanmiddleton2932
    @seanmiddleton2932 3 роки тому +1

    Saw this 2 or 3 days back for the first time. I enjoyed it

    • @Themaddprof
      @Themaddprof  3 роки тому

      Thanks. I have many more like this.

  • @karamyasharahla510
    @karamyasharahla510 Рік тому

    All praises to the MOST HIGH

  • @michaelmassey-pr9xr
    @michaelmassey-pr9xr 2 місяці тому

    Were are u brother

  • @shlyanth
    @shlyanth 6 років тому +2

    Very insightful...Thank You!

  • @rickycuccio691
    @rickycuccio691 2 роки тому +1

    Sammy Davis, Jr. Was in this movie I think he was about 5 years old

    • @Themaddprof
      @Themaddprof  2 роки тому

      No he wasn't. That was "Rufus Jones for President" and he was seven at the time.

    • @rickycuccio691
      @rickycuccio691 2 роки тому

      @@Themaddprof maybe check it out , I have the movie on DVD and his name is in the credits

    • @Themaddprof
      @Themaddprof  2 роки тому +1

      @@rickycuccio691 on the DVD, it has the 1933 short film "Rufus Jones for President" where Sammy appeared as one of the extras.

  • @MoesInspirationStation
    @MoesInspirationStation 2 роки тому

    This was a great commentary doing some research on my ancestors form Charleston SC Edisto and came across this video

    • @Themaddprof
      @Themaddprof  2 роки тому

      I am happy you found it constructive and informative.

  • @javey84
    @javey84 4 роки тому

    Very interesting, I first watched this movie when my uncle bought it for my grandmother about 20 years ago. I loved watching it. Being a lover of history myself, it fascinates e that the inspiration for this movie lived only about 30 or 60 minutes up the highway from where I live here in Tennessee. I wonder if Henning Tennessee is named for him, which is also where Alex Haley was born. Thank you for the insight

    • @Themaddprof
      @Themaddprof  4 роки тому

      I looked it up, and the town was not likely to have been named after Rev. Henning, given the time it was founded. More than likely, it was named after whomever may have owned him during slavery. Thanks for your response.

  • @Lefthand69
    @Lefthand69 2 роки тому +13

    That's because the disciples and Moses was black. The Bible proves it.

  • @mcgregor8854
    @mcgregor8854 5 місяців тому

    Just suscribed!

  • @marcodixon1699
    @marcodixon1699 3 роки тому +1

    2021 thank you 👍

  • @user-zn3vq4oe3n
    @user-zn3vq4oe3n Рік тому

    My first exposure to this story was a live broadcast in the late 1950s. It made quite an impression on me and years later I rented a VHS tape of the 1936 movie version. I still had some vivid memories of that live broadcast which I compared to the movie version, and, in some ways, I thought the live broadcast as I remembered it was better, even though the production values were much lower of course. Many times I tried to find a recording, a kinescope, of the live broadcast; It was actually broadcast twice and I don't remember which broadcast I saw. However, finally on youtube a kinescope of part of the broadcast showed up.
    ua-cam.com/video/nQM1UpamdM0/v-deo.html
    I haven't read the actual play, but I suspect that this is closer to the play itself than the 1936 movie version. BTW, the same actor plays Noah in both the movie and the live broadcast, Eddie Anderson who was best known for playing 'Rochester' on the Jack Benny Show.

    • @Themaddprof
      @Themaddprof  Рік тому

      I've seen portions of that. Thanks for sharing.

  • @buggybooroberson9242
    @buggybooroberson9242 11 місяців тому

    Everyone was great in the 1936 movie and Earle was great as Adam in the 1959 TV Hallmark version as was Mr. Anderson was great as Noah on both versions.

  • @margaretthomas8899
    @margaretthomas8899 Рік тому

    Put perfect in just under 10 mins!

  • @YeshuaAdonai-mc3pl
    @YeshuaAdonai-mc3pl Рік тому

    Nice

  • @Mushimushi25
    @Mushimushi25 2 роки тому

    Whoa, this is even weirder....

  • @andrewhoffmann212
    @andrewhoffmann212 3 роки тому

    He sound like Bill Cosby a little

  • @servant4473
    @servant4473 2 роки тому +1

    Moses hair was like wool, Afro. Read the Bible and learn who you are.

  • @sonofjudah5053
    @sonofjudah5053 2 роки тому +1

    The story came out of the Bible

  • @marcellusmaxey2704
    @marcellusmaxey2704 3 роки тому +5

    Stop calling the Creator God or Lord, his name is Yahweh

    • @followerofyahushua3101
      @followerofyahushua3101 2 роки тому

      His name is Yahuah. ‎יהוה =YAHUAH
      &
      ‎יהושע= YAHUSHA
      ‎יה=YAH Psalms 68:4 NKJV
      ‎יהו= YAHU Acts 10:43 KJV
      ‎יהוה= YAHUAH Micah 7:7 KJV
      ‎יהושע= YAHUSHA John 14:6 KJV
      “I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not:
      if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.” John 5:43 KJV
      Acts 10:43 To this One all the prophets bear witness, that through His Name, everyone believing in Him does receive remission of sins.
      tsphanyYAHU. צפניה
      Zephaniah
      NechemYAHU. נחמיה
      Nehemiah
      YeshaYAHU. ישעיהו
      Isaiah
      MattitYAHU. מתּתיהוּ
      Matthew
      ZekarYah זכריה
      Zechariah
      ELYAHU. אליּהוּ
      Elijah
      YirmeYAHU ירמיהו
      Jeremiah

    • @marycurry837
      @marycurry837 2 роки тому

      Yahawah and Yahawahchi

  • @myabbyohabby
    @myabbyohabby Рік тому +1

    Heaven is "black". The Messiah is described as being burnt in a furnace, black. All the angels are dark, as is the Father. Whoa unto those who think otherwise.

  • @alpage9306
    @alpage9306 Рік тому

    Green pasture would be blasphemy as well yah is not a man, in others there are spirits that are masculine in the image of man the same for the feminine, yah is neither, a hint is the bible says god is not a man that he should lie, key point "god is not a man." He is not masculine nor feminine
    Yah is the living power
    Which is on goin verb to be without end or beginning.

  • @liecrusher3506
    @liecrusher3506 4 місяці тому

    NO black Jesus!

    • @Themaddprof
      @Themaddprof  4 місяці тому

      @@liecrusher3506 It was a film about The Old Testament.