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.
5 August 1962, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
14 September 1973, Queens, New York, USA
1 May 1964, Mount Vernon, New York, USA
12 September 1981, Chicago, Illinois, USA
30 December 1978, Watts, Los Angeles, California, USA
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
November 28, 2013
Earnest, square and proudly evangelical, "Black Nativity" is so unusual that its rough aspects are easy to forgive.
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.
December 09, 2013
By the time the credits rolled, my eyes were sore from all the rolling.
November 27, 2013
Its pastoral ambitions compensate for its lack of finesse.
December 11, 2013
This story of seasonal healing ultimately feels too predictable and heavy-handed to bring much uplifting Christmas cheer.
April 07, 2014
Defiantly simple, like earlier stage pageants based on Langston Hughes' Christmas play, Kasi Lemmons' "Black Nativity" gains power through its directness.
April 23, 2014
To call it preachy isn't necessarily a critique; the entire film is essentially built around a closing sermon.
November 28, 2013
Even the movie's most wretched characters glow in the Harlem lamplight.
March 21, 2017
Black Nativity is a jubilant experience.
