10 Jun 2007
The Man from Earth
An impromptu goodbye party for Professor John Oldman becomes a mysterious interrogation after the retiring scholar reveals to his colleagues he never ages and has walked the earth for 14,000 years.
The Green Pastures
God, heaven, and several Old Testament stories, including the Creation and Noah's Ark, are described supposedly using the perspective of rural, black Americans.
Top Billed Cast
Oscar Polk Gabriel
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson Noah
Rex Ingram De Lawd / Adam / Hezdrel
Frank H. Wilson Moses
George H. Reed Mr. Deshee / Aaron
Abraham Gleaves Archangel
Myrtle Anderson Eve
Al Stokes Cain
Edna Mae Harris Zeba
James Fuller Cain the Sixth
George Randol High Priest
Ida Forsyne Noah's Wife
Anna Mae Fritz Stout Angel / Young Gambler / Second Cleaner (uncredited)
Etta Moten Angel (uncredited)
Bill Cumby Abraham / Head Magician / King of Babylon
Clarence Muse Angel (uncredited)
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones Zubo (uncredited)
Ernest Whitman Pharaoh
Willie Best Henry - the Angel (uncredited)
Dudley Dickerson Ham
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