{"id":66071,"date":"2013-06-30T23:28:20","date_gmt":"2013-06-30T23:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2013\/06\/30\/watch-teaser-trailer-to-black-nativity\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T09:17:39","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T09:17:39","slug":"watch-teaser-trailer-to-black-nativity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/watch-teaser-trailer-to-black-nativity\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Teaser Trailer to Black Nativity"},"content":{"rendered":"

Watch Teaser Trailer to Black Nativity<\/a><\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n

June 30, 2013<\/p>\n

Fox Searchlight has posted the teaser trailer to Black Nativity<\/strong>, Kasi Lemmons<\/strong>\u2018 big screen adaptation, starring Oscar winner Forest Whitaker<\/strong> (\u201cThe Last King of Scotland\u201d) attached as the male lead, opposite Angela Bassett<\/strong>, Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson <\/strong>(\u201cDreamgirls\u201d), <\/strong>Tyrese Gibson, Jacob Latimore, Grace Gibson, Mary J. Blige, Nas, <\/strong> and Luke James<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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\u2018Black Nativity\u2019 tells the story of a teenage boy from Baltimore who is sent by his single mother to Harlem to spend Christmas with the grandparents he\u2019s never met. Through his grandfather\u2019s Christmas Eve sermon, he learns about the importance of faith and family. Hudson will play the mother who hasn\u2019t spoken to her father since they had a falling out after she got pregnant. Bassett and Whitaker will play the boy\u2019s estranged grandparents, Rev. Clarence and Aretha Cobbs. Whitaker is expected to play multiple characters during the Nativity sequence.<\/p>\n

Lemmons is writing and directing the film based on Langston Hughes<\/strong>\u2019 gospel musical that was first performed on Broadway in 1961. Casting director Tracy \u2018Twinkie\u2019 Byrd<\/strong> is currently putting together the rest of the cast. Production will run from January to March 2013 in New York City.<\/p>\n

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Bill Horberg<\/strong> and Celine Rattray<\/strong> will produce with Galt Niederhoffe<\/strong>r and Daniela Taplin Lundberg<\/strong>, while Joy Goodwin<\/strong> will exec produce.<\/p>\n

Whitaker had directed Bassett in the 1995 romantic comedy-drama and blockbuster hit \u201cWaiting to Exhale\u201d <\/strong>that also starred the late Whitney Houston, Lela Rochon<\/strong> and Loretta Devine<\/strong>. Whitaker also played Hudson\u2019s father in the 2008 film, \u201cWinged Creatures.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n

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