Black Nativity is a cut-rate musical melodrama that grafts overreaching references to black culture onto a facile…
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Cast
Forest Whitaker (Reverend Cornell Cobbs)Angela Bassett (Aretha Cobbs)Jennifer Hudson (Naima)Mary J. Blige (Angel)Tyrese Gibson (Loot)Jacob Latimore (Langston)Nas (Street Prophet (Isaiah))Vondie Curtis-Hall (Pawnbroker)Luke James (Jo-Jo)Grace Gibson (Maria)Rotimi (Officer Butch McDaniels)J. Mallory McCree (Kyle)Henry Hunter Hall (Snoopy)Michael Dale (Innkeeper)Doug Willen (Chic Man)Sorika Wolf (Chic Man's Mistress)Jason Samuels Smith (Hotel Security Guard)C. Kelly Wright (Desperate Pawnshop Woman)
Director
Kasi Lemmons
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Synopsis
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.
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