Black Nativity (2013)

The Black Nativity teaser trailer is for the 2013 musical drama written and directed by Kasi Lemmons, based on the Langston Hughes play. Langston, played by Jacob Latimore, is a streetwise teenager from Baltimore whose single mother, played by Jennifer Hudson, is about to be evicted. She sends him to spend Christmas in Harlem with the grandparents he has never met: a strict reverend played by Forest Whitaker and his wife, played by Angela Bassett. Angry and determined to help his mother, Langston gets into trouble and goes on a journey that leads him to his family's secrets. Tyrese Gibson, Mary J. Blige and Nas co-star, and the cast sings gospel and new songs. It is available on digital and DVD.