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LIVE POLL: Favorite Black-Cast Biblical Character Film Portrayal (90th Anniv. 'The Green Pastures')
Which select real-life or fictional biblical character portrayed on-screen by a Black actor or actress gave your favorite movie acting performance?
In honor of the 90th anniversary of the premiere of The Green Pastures at New York City's Radio City Music Hall on July 16, 1936. The American movie depicts Bible stories through the lens of black characters and was an enormously popular film in its day. According to Wikipedia, "The Green Pastures (1936) was one of only six feature films in the Hollywood Studio era to feature an all-black cast. ... On its opening day at New York's Radio City Music Hall, tickets sold at a rate of 6,000 per hour. The film was held over for an entire year's run at some theaters. It remained the highest-grossing all-black-cast film until the release of Carmen Jones in 1954. ... The film (based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Marc Connelly) was banned in Australia, Finland and Hungary because in the film, God is shown as dark-skinned and that was considered blasphemy."
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Congratulations, @urbanemovies!
Favorite Black-Cast Biblical Character Film Portrayal
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I just realized one of the most important may be missing. Carl Anderson as Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar
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