- Released
- November 27, 2013
- PG, 1 hr 33 min
- Drama
- Music/Performing Arts
What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that the musical Black Nativity is a modernization of Langston Hughes' 1961 play of the same name with a gospel twist. There's nothing particularly alarming for younger kids, but there are a couple of scenes when a young man has skirmishes with the law (he's mistakenly arrested for pickpocketing when he was just trying to return the wallet) and later tries to rob a pawnshop at gunpoint. Hughes' poetry is recited (or sung) throughout the movie, as are traditional gospel songs. The story of Jesus' birth becomes the driving force for an estranged family's reunion in this holiday musical.
- POSITIVE ROLE MODELS
- VIOLENCE
- SEX
- LANGUAGE
- CONSUMERISM
- DRINKING & DRUGS