Black Nativity

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Christmas film film musical drama film

Black Nativity is a 2013 musical drama film adaptation of Langston Hughes’ gospel play, featuring a modern retelling of the Nativity story through music and an African-American family’s holiday struggles.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christmas film ⓘ
film ⓘ
musical drama film ⓘ
basedOn Black Nativity self-link ⓘ
basedOnAuthor Langston Hughes ⓘ
basedOnWorkType stage play ⓘ
cinematographyBy Anastas N. Michos ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Kasi Lemmons ⓘ
distributor Searchlight Pictures ⓘ
surface form: Fox Searchlight Pictures
editedBy Terilyn A. Shropshire ⓘ
featuresCharacter Aretha Cobbs ⓘ
Langston ⓘ
Naima ⓘ
Reverend Cornell Cobbs ⓘ
Tyson ⓘ
genre Christmas drama ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
musical film ⓘ
religious film ⓘ
mainCastMember Angela Bassett ⓘ
Forest Whitaker ⓘ
Jacob Latimore ⓘ
Jennifer Hudson ⓘ
Mary J. Blige ⓘ
Nas ⓘ
Tyrese Gibson ⓘ
musicBy Raphael Saadiq ⓘ
narrativeFocus African-American family ⓘ
narrativeTheme faith and redemption ⓘ
family reconciliation ⓘ
modern retelling of the Nativity story ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portraysActor Angela Bassett as Aretha Cobbs ⓘ
Forest Whitaker as Reverend Cornell Cobbs ⓘ
Jacob Latimore as Langston ⓘ
Jennifer Hudson ⓘ
surface form: Jennifer Hudson as Naima

Mary J. Blige ⓘ
surface form: Mary J. Blige as Angel

Nas as Prophet Isaiah ⓘ
Tyrese Gibson ⓘ
surface form: Tyrese Gibson as Tyson
productionCompany Searchlight Pictures ⓘ
surface form: Fox Searchlight Pictures

Kasi Lemmons Productions ⓘ
releaseDate 2013-11-27 ⓘ
releaseYear 2013 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 93 ⓘ
screenwriter Kasi Lemmons ⓘ
setInLocation New York City ⓘ
targetReleaseSeason Thanksgiving weekend 2013 ⓘ
title Black Nativity self-link ⓘ
usesMedium contemporary R&B music ⓘ
gospel music ⓘ

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Black Nativity → basedOn → Black Nativity self-link ⓘ
Jennifer Hudson → film → Black Nativity ⓘ
Langston Hughes → notableWork → Black Nativity ⓘ
Tyrese Gibson → notableWork → Black Nativity ⓘ
Black Nativity → title → Black Nativity self-link ⓘ
Langston Hughes → wrote → Black Nativity ⓘ