Bibframe Work
TitleThe nativity storyTypeMoving ImageMonographContributionHardwicke, Catherine (direction)Godfrey, Wyck (production)Bowen, Marty (production)Rich, Mike, 1959- (writing)Castle-Hughes, Keisha, 1990- (cast)Isaac, Oscar (cast)Abbass, Hiam (cast)New Line Cinema Corporation (contributor)New Line Productions, Inc (contributor)Temple Hill Productions (contributor) SubjectJesus Christ--Nativity--Drama. (LCSH)Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint--Drama. (LCSH)Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint--Motherhood--Drama. (LCSH)Joseph, Saint--Drama. (LCSH)Magi--Drama (LCSH)Ancient world--Feature (MIGFG)SummaryBegins with the slaughter of Bethlehem's innocents under orders from a paranoid King Herod. Go back a year to the prophecy that informs Zechariah that his wife, Elizabeth, will bear a child. Elizabeth's cousin, the adolescent Mary, struggles with her family to make ends meet and is promised to the carpenter Joseph. Mary is told by the angel Gabriel that she will carry, while still a virgin, the long-awaited Messiah who will liberate the Jews from Herod and his Roman benefactors. Joseph and Mary travel to Bethlehem. Three Magi spend months crossing the desert trying to rendezvous with some point below the convergence of three heavenly bodies in the night sky. Friendship and trust emerges between Mary and Joseph after he is told in a dream that she speaks truthfully about her miraculous pregnancy.Intended AudienceMPAA rating: PGDurationPT102MAuthorized Access PointThe nativity story