Ossie Davis Movies
- 2003
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker7.32003HD
Spike Lee's filmmaking career is examined in this partial making-of for the film 25th Hour (2002). Interviews with cast members from this film and...
- 1981
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige61981HD
The story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige, the legendary pitcher, from his barnstorming days in the 1920s, hoping to break into organized "negro" baseball,...
- 1998
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood01998HD
Louis Gossett Jr. takes viewers through a special documentary celebration of the groundbreaking achievements of African-American performers and their...
- 1977
Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid
Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid01977HD
A young ghetto kid despairs of ever getting out of that environment and making something of himself, until one day he gets a job as an assistant in a...
- 1999
A Vow to Cherish
A Vow to Cherish6.21999HD
John and Ellen have a picture-perfect life: while John runs a successful business, Ellen works as a schoolteacher, and they've raised two beautiful...
- 2000
Finding Buck McHenry
Finding Buck McHenry02000HD
Jason Ross is an 11-year-old boy whose love for baseball exceeds his talent for the game. When cut from his little league team, Jason's undefeatable...
- 1980
All God's Children
All God's Children41980HD
Big city judge Parke Denison is involved in a forced busing dispute at the climax of his long career. The friendship between two families -- one...
- 1999
The Unfinished Journey
The Unfinished Journey61999HD
A short about American life and history produced for the millennium New Year's Eve celebration.
- 1976
The Tenth Level
The Tenth Level5.11976HD
Inspired by the Stanley Milgram obedience research, this TV movie chronicles a psychology professor's study to determine why people, such as the...
- 1963
Gone Are the Days!
Gone Are the Days!6.71963HD
A young, idealistic man returns home to the plantation where he grew up in servitude. With him, he brings his fiance, Lutiebelle, in hopes of...
- 2024
Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch02024HD
The comedic play tells the story of a Black preacher’s scheme to reclaim his inheritance and win back his church from a plantation owner.
- 1994
The Stand
The Stand01994HD
After a deadly plague kills most of the world's population, the remaining survivors split into two groups - one led by a benevolent elder and the...
- 1990
The Red Shoes
The Red Shoes01990HD
In this animated contemporary interpretation of a Hans Christian Andersen morality tale, a pair of magic slippers help two young African-American...
- 1969
Slaves
Slaves5.71969HD
A Kentucky slave (Davis) fights for his freedom from a cruel overseer whose mistress eventually joins him and the other slaves in their revolt.
- 2004
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks02004HD
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks is a 2003 documentary about the life of Academy Award nominated actress Beah Richards. Directed by Lisa Gay Hamilton, it...
- 1999
Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve
Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve91999HD
Enchanting holiday tale of a young runaway who has broken into an old movie palace, looking for shelter on a snow-filled Christmas Eve. Closed for...
- 1973
Gordon's War
Gordon's War5.71973HD
A black soldier comes home to Harlem after a tour in Vietnam and discovers that his wife had become a heroin addict and died of an overdose....
- 1999
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand01999HD
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand presents the life and achievements of an extraordinary man. Athlete, singer, and scholar, Robeson was also a charismatic...
- 1960
John Brown's Raid
John Brown's Raid01960HD
White abolitionist John Brown and twenty of his men attempt to start an armed slave revolt in 1859 by seizing a U.S. arsenal at Harpers Ferry,...
- 1979
Freedom Man
Freedom Man01979HD
The story of Benjamin Banneker, the early American patriot whose achievements rival those of Benjamin Franklin!! Risking his life, working with the...