Black Nativity
A street-wise teen from Baltimore who has been raised by a single mother travels to New York City to spend the Christmas holiday with his estranged relatives, where he embarks on a surprising and inspirational journey.
15 January 1970
5 August 1962, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
1 May 1964, Mount Vernon, New York, USA
16 August 1958, New York City, New York, USA
11 January 1971, Yonkers, New York, USA
4 October 1980, New York City, New York, USA
April 07, 2014
Defiantly simple, like earlier stage pageants based on Langston Hughes' Christmas play, Kasi Lemmons' "Black Nativity" gains power through its directness.
November 28, 2013
Even the movie's most wretched characters glow in the Harlem lamplight.
March 21, 2017
Black Nativity is a jubilant experience.
December 11, 2013
This story of seasonal healing ultimately feels too predictable and heavy-handed to bring much uplifting Christmas cheer.
June 21, 2016
Some devices don't work as well as others, however Kasi Lemmons has made a film that lives and breathes, even if it at times it doesn't work
December 09, 2013
By the time the credits rolled, my eyes were sore from all the rolling.
November 28, 2013
Earnest, square and proudly evangelical, "Black Nativity" is so unusual that its rough aspects are easy to forgive.
April 23, 2014
To call it preachy isn't necessarily a critique; the entire film is essentially built around a closing sermon.
November 27, 2013
Its pastoral ambitions compensate for its lack of finesse.
November 28, 2013
Takes Hughes' nativity story and shoves it into the far background of a sincere but tritely told modern drama about family, faith, and redemption.
