The nativity story

Abbass, Hiam. (Added Author). Aghdashloo, Shohreh, 1952- (Added Author). Bowen, Marty. (Added Author). Castle-Hughes, Keisha, 1990- (Added Author). Danna, Mychael. (Added Author). Fortunato, Emilia. (Added Author). Godfrey, Wyck. (Added Author). Hardwicke, Catherine. (Added Author). Hinds, Ciaran, 1953- (Added Author). Isaac, Oscar. (Added Author). Rich, Mike, 1959- (Added Author). Siddig, Alexander, 1965- (Added Author). Toub, Shaun. (Added Author). Townsend, Stanley. (Added Author). Alliance Films, (provider.). New Line Cinema Corporation. (Added Author). Temple Hill Productions. (Added Author). Criterion-on-Demand (Firm), (film distributor.). Keisha Castle-Hughes, Oscar Isaac, Hiam Abbass, Shaun Toub, Ciaran Hinds, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Stanley Townsend, Emilia Fortunato, Alexander Siddig. (Cast).

Summary: Begins 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 at 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.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video file (101 min.) : digital, sound, color
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Publisher: Montreal : Alliance Films, [2013]
Distributor: [Vaughan, Ontario] : Criterion Pictures, [date of distribution not identified]
Copyright: ♭2013

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally distributed as a motion picture by Alliance Films, 2006.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Access restricted to subscribers.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, Elliot Davis ; editor, Robert K. Lambert ; music, Mychael Danna ; costume designer, Maurizio Millenotti ; production designer, Stefano Maria Ortolani.
Participant or Performer Note:	Keisha Castle-Hughes, Oscar Isaac, Hiam Abbass, Shaun Toub, Ciaran Hinds, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Stanley Townsend, Emilia Fortunato, Alexander Siddig.
Target Audience Note:	CHV rating: G. MPAA rating: PG; for some violent content.
Additional Physical Form available Note:	French language version also available.
System Details Note:	Content available as a streaming video.
Awards Note:	Dove Foundation Film Advisory Board Award winner
Source of Description Note:	Title from distributor's web site (viewed April 25, 2015).