Black Nativity
First screened in December 2013
Director: Kasi Lemmons. Cast: Jacob Latimore, Jennifer Hudson, Forest Whitaker, Angela Bassett, Tyrese Gibson, Grace Gibson, Luke James, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Mary J. Blige, Nas. Screenplay: Kasi Lemmons (based on the libretto by Langston Hughes).Twitter Capsule:
Earnest but perfunctory. Reads as if producer TD Jakes literally called more shots than snazzy helmer Kasi Lemmons.
