U.S. actor Forest Whitaker poses for pictures during a press junket for his new film "Black Nativity" in Los Angeles, California November 2, 2013. Director Kasi Lemmons, 52, is bringing "Black Nativity", poet Langston Hughes' musical about family redemption, to the big screen on November 27, 2013 in a present-day adaptation starring Oscar winners Jennifer Hudson and Forest Whitaker. Hughes' 1961 gospel musical-drama retold the biblical story of the birth of Christ featuring black actors for a black audience. In Lemmons' adaptation, the director said she wanted to tackle a modern, broken family's struggles against the backdrop of New York's historically black Harlem neighborhood. Photo taken November 2, 2013. To match story FILM-BLACKNATIVITY/ REUTERS/Gus Ruelas (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT)