Black Nativity

E26544

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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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Black Nativity canonical	18
Black Nativity (stage musical)	3
Black Nativity (film)	2
Black Nativity (2013 film)	1
Black Nativity (franchise)	1
Black Nativity (stage play)	1
Black Nativity franchise	1

Statements (51)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

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Jennifer Hudson → film → Black Nativity ⓘ

Langston Hughes → notableWork → Black Nativity ⓘ

Langston Hughes → wrote → Black Nativity ⓘ

Black Nativity → title → Black Nativity self-link ⓘ

Black Nativity → basedOn → Black Nativity self-link ⓘ

Tyrese Gibson → notableWork → Black Nativity ⓘ

Naima → appearsIn → Black Nativity ⓘ

this entity surface form: Black Nativity (film)

Naima → appearsIn → Black Nativity ⓘ

this entity surface form: Black Nativity (stage musical)

Naima → partOf → Black Nativity ⓘ

this entity surface form: Black Nativity franchise

Reverend Cornell Cobbs → appearsInWork → Black Nativity ⓘ

Tyson → appearsIn → Black Nativity ⓘ

this entity surface form: Black Nativity (stage musical)

Tyson → appearsIn → Black Nativity ⓘ

this entity surface form: Black Nativity (2013 film)

Tyson → narrativeUniverse → Black Nativity ⓘ

Tyson → fictionalUniverse → Black Nativity ⓘ

this entity surface form: Black Nativity (franchise)

Jacob Latimore as Langston → appearsIn → Black Nativity ⓘ

Jacob Latimore as Langston → basedOn → Black Nativity ⓘ

this entity surface form: Black Nativity (stage play)

Angela Bassett as Aretha Cobbs → appearsIn → Black Nativity ⓘ

Anastas N. Michos → notableWork → Black Nativity ⓘ

Anastas N. Michos → workedOn → Black Nativity ⓘ

Jacob Latimore → notableWork → Black Nativity ⓘ

Kasi Lemmons → notableWork → Black Nativity ⓘ

Kasi Lemmons → directed → Black Nativity ⓘ

Kasi Lemmons → screenwriterOf → Black Nativity ⓘ

Aretha Cobbs → appearsIn → Black Nativity ⓘ

this entity surface form: Black Nativity (film)

Aretha Cobbs → appearsIn → Black Nativity ⓘ

this entity surface form: Black Nativity (stage musical)

Aretha Cobbs → universe → Black Nativity ⓘ

Celine Rattray → notableWork → Black Nativity ⓘ