Black Nativity

Hey Everyone I have decided to write about the movie Black Nativity It Stars Forest Whitaker, Angela Basset, Jennifer Hudson, Mary J Blige, Jacob Latimore. 

They are an outstanding cast and do an amazing job in the movie, the movie is very heart-felt and a good warming story.

The movie starts off with Naima who is a single mom and raising her son Langston they are having a bit of a hard time and struggling a little. 

Naima is trying to make ends meet and provide for her son Langston with a heavy heart  she sends her son to spend time with her parents who she is estranged from at the moment. 

As you watch the movie they will go into that part as the movie goes on into the story, she sends him to his grandparents because they are about to be evicted from their house and she doesn't want langston to go through all of that trouble and struggle.  

While he is on the bus he talks to a man named Isaiah and then Langston sings a song Motherless child.He arrives to his destination and as soon as he gets there he gets his backpack stolen by a kid while he was trying to make a call to his grandparents .

He chases the kid and he ends up getting away so then Langston goes to a hotel. And he tries to get some help from the front desk at the hotel, the front desk tells him to wait a second he is helping another customer. 

The customer leaves his wallet on the desk and walks away and Langston sees his wallet on the desk, he at first thinks about stealing it, he knows thats the wrong thing to do he turns around and tries to tell the customer he left his wallet. 

Then he gets the wrong idea and thinks he is trying to steal it and the front desk calls the police and he is taken to jail, while he is in Jail one of the people in the cell starts talking to him and asking different questions like how he did end up in the cell? 

Langston tells him he stole a wallet, and the guy then starts teasing him and making fun of him and talks about his mom which makes him angry. 

He tells the person who we find out later in the movie his name is Tyson he tells him to keep his mama out of it because she has nothing to do with it. 

A couple minutes later one of the officers call his name and he tells Langston he has made bail, his grandfather bails him out this is their first time meeting each other. His name is Reverend Cobbs, while they are on their way back home they meet a girl who is expecting her name is Maria, you will see her character again a little later in the movie. 

Langston arrives at his grandparents house and he meets his grandma also for the first time. Her name is Aretha he is surprised about what his grandparents house looks like and how they are living and surprised to know they don't know a lot about him or his mom. 

His grandfather tries to bond with him he shows him a watch he got personalized from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Langston thinks the watch is very cool and interesting. 

You will not believe what he does next with his grandfather's beloved watch.The next morning he takes his grandfathers watch and takes it to a pawn shop to try to pawn it off and receive money for it . 

Little does he know the owner of the pawn shop knows his grandfather and his father. He tells him to take the watch back to his grandfather and to treasure it. 

Outside of the shop he meets the man who he was in the jail cell with he calls Langston Lunch Money. He is passing out flyers for the pawnshop owner and promises Langston he will procure him for whatever he wants.

 Langston is talking with his grandmother Aretha and asks her why his mom left. 

He thinks that he caused the fight and that is why she left, his grandmother tells him he was not the cause of the estrangement his father was the reason behind the estrangement. 

Langston was invited to go to church with his grandparents that evening. Before he leaves he finds the same man from his jail cell and who was at the corner of the pawn shop. He tells him he wants a gun. The Man then tells Langston to meet him at the same spot later that night. 

Langston arrives at the church and they start the play and he falls asleep and is having a dream about the play and he dreams he is a part of it and sees different scenarios in his head.

,Langston wakes up and leaves the church to go to meet the man who he shared a jail cell with. He shows him the gun he wants and Langston takes the gun and holds him up he wants him to give him a ring he saw earlier in a display case.

He also wants all the money from the cash register. Instead of doing what Langston asked he quotes a dream deferred to him he reveals he is Langston's father Tyson.

A police officer sees what is going on and he comes inside and Langston's father convinces him that they were having a very loud argument and that Langston was trying to get  him to go to church with him. 

The officer escorts them to church and that is where Langston sees his Mother Naima. 

The rest of the movie is very uplifting and strong! I decided to write about this movie because I love Christmas and I also love Music! 

My church and family are very Important to me.  Church and Family are very strong subjects in this movie.  

This movie really touched my heart and really encouraged me . It gave me strength and bravery I have been dealing with different fears in my life, and one of my fears was attending church alone.

 I know I am not alone because God is with me and he has not given me a spirit of fear,the scene that really encouraged and inspired my heart is when J-Huds character walks inside the church that she hasn't been too in a long time, she at first tells her son that she can not go inside the church he tells her yes she can so first her son walks inside the church and then his dad walks in last but last not least she then comes in strong and brave.

I was thinking to myself if J-Hud can walk into her church alone and by herself than I can walk into my church with my head held high. 

One Encouraging thing My Big Sister has said to me is That I am brave and that I can do it. I can walk into church even it’s by myself. I think I also have to believe in myself and know that I can walk into church even if I have to be myself.

Before I went off to school, I would say that they are going to hear me Roar 🦁 like a lion I think I have to get my Roar back and show myself that I am strong like a lioness and that I am Princess Emerald I am a brave Girl.

Jennifer Hudson is a very strong and gifted loving, kind, caring woman. She has been through a lot in her life, she still is walking by faith and holding on to God’s unchanging hand. She has a beautiful voice I know it touches God’s ears.

 I hope to meet her one day and tell her how much she has encouraged and inspired my life.  

She has come a long and magnificent way since American idol ! She is an EGOT Winner and has won other amazing awards, she also has a very good talk show that brightens a lot of peoples lives and hearts her show is a very happy place. 

One of my favorite scenes from the movie is When J-HUD drops her son off at the bus station, and she is singing a song about faith and how they both have to be strong for each other even through this hard situation they are going through. Everything will be alright in the end. 

The song 🎵 test of faith really speaks to my Heart 💜 because I feel like it fits with me and my situation that I’m going through right now.  The line that really speaks to me is when she sings In the Meantime I’ll be wishing on Stars 🌟 and mending my Heart.  

Little by little I know God is mending my Heart 💜 and making it better than it was before. Also I like it because my Grandfather would say keep the faith a lot. I’m going to keep the faith and let God keep mending my heart and healing my heart. 

I recommend this movie to anyone who wants to watch a good strong Christmas movie.