Black Nativity (2013) on Netflix
When his mother Naima loses their Baltimore apartment, Langston is sent to New York City for Christmas with estranged grandparents. On the bus a man called Isaiah talks with him.
- Netflix2.5/5
- IMDb4.8/102,502 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes50%
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Plot summary
With nowhere left to live, Naima sends her son Langston to New York City for the holidays, to his estranged grandparents. On the bus a man called Isaiah talks with him. When Langston reaches the city he misses his grandparents, and soon after someone takes everything he is carrying. He stops in a hotel for directions and is accused of trying to steal a wallet, and the police take him in. In a holding cell a man taunts him about stealing wallets. His grandfather, the Reverend Cornell Cobbs, collects him and brings him to the family home, and on the way they meet a pregnant woman called Maria, who comes carol singing with Jo-Jo and is homeless.
Cast
- Grace Gibsonas Maria / Mary
