Ruby Dee Movies

  • 1990
    Love at Large

    Love at Large

    Love at Large

    4.91990HD

    Vampish miss Dolan hires hardboiled P.I. Harry Dobbs to tail her shady boyfriend. Harry realizes that the man leads a double life but then his client...

    Love at Large
  • 1997
    A Simple Wish

    A Simple Wish

    A Simple Wish

    5.4881997HD

    Murray is a male fairy godmother, and he is trying to help 8-year-old Anabel to fulfil her "simple wish" - that her father Oliver, who is a cab...

    A Simple Wish
  • 2006
    No. 2

    No. 2

    No. 2

    62006HD

    A matriarch organizes a feast with her family, in which she will name her successor. The heart has gone out of Nanna Maria's family. There are no...

    No. 2
  • 1997
    Sports on the Silver Screen

    Sports on the Silver Screen

    Sports on the Silver Screen

    101997HD

    HBO (in association with the American Film Institute) presents this 1997 anthology, narrated by Liev Schreiber, which looks at sports in cinema from...

    Sports on the Silver Screen
  • 1957
    Edge of the City

    Edge of the City

    Edge of the City

    7.0951957HD

    An army deserter and a black dock worker join forces against a corrupt manager.

    Edge of the City
  • 2003
    Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

    Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

    Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

    5.92003HD

    When the Civil War ended in 1865, more than four million slaves were set free. Over 70 years later, the memories of some 2,000 slave-era survivors...

    Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
  • 2013
    Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal

    Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal

    Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal

    102013HD

    The film chronicles the life and revolutionary times of death row political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal.

    Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
  • 2001
    Feast of All Saints

    Feast of All Saints

    Feast of All Saints

    4.1882001HD

    Set in nineteenth-century New Orleans, the story depicts the gens de couleur libre, or the Free People of Colour, a dazzling yet damned class caught...

    Feast of All Saints
  • 2000
    A Storm in Summer

    A Storm in Summer

    A Storm in Summer

    5.82000HD

    Set in 1969, Abel Shaddick, a crotchety deli owner, has a grudge against virtually everyone in his upstate New York town of Fairview, particularly...

    A Storm in Summer
  • 2011
    Video Girl

    Video Girl

    Video Girl

    6.32011HD

    Lorie Walker is a small town girl whose big dreams of becoming a dancer come true when she becomes a star in the Hip-Hop video world. But she soon...

    Video Girl
  • 2011
    The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll

    The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll

    The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll

    5.42011HD

    In this film, childhood friends come face to face with the demons of rock and roll (lust, drugs, and passion) on a cross-country road trip that...

    The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
  • 1971
    The Sheriff

    The Sheriff

    The Sheriff

    61971HD

    A rape case opens racial divisions in a small town. A black sheriff and his white deputy investigate allegations that a wealthy white businessman...

    The Sheriff
  • 1974
    It's Good to Be Alive

    It's Good to Be Alive

    It's Good to Be Alive

    6.61974HD

    This movie details the struggles of former Brooklyn Dodger catcher Roy Campanella to adapt to life in a wheelchair following his crippling automobile...

    It's Good to Be Alive
  • 1990
    The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson

    The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson

    The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson

    71990HD

    A film about the early life of the baseball star in the army, particulary his court-martial for insubordination regarding segragation.

    The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
  • 1998
    The Wall

    The Wall

    The Wall

    5.71998HD

    The story of three items left at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall: a pencil holder, a sheriff's badge, and an electric guitar. Each item connects...

    The Wall
  • 1990
    Decoration Day

    Decoration Day

    Decoration Day

    71990HD

    A cantankerous widower (Garner) who is virtually living the life of a recluse is forced to rejoin his community when his Godchild (Skaggs) gets in...

    Decoration Day
  • 1972
    Black Girl

    Black Girl

    Black Girl

    6.1431972HD

    An aspiring dancer and her two wicked sisters resent their mother's love for a foster daughter.

    Black Girl
  • 1969
    Deadlock

    Deadlock

    Deadlock

    01969HD

    The murder of a journalist, coming shortly after the killings of a black teenager and a white cop, threatens to inflame passions in the city. To...

    Deadlock
  • 1993
    The Ernest Green Story

    The Ernest Green Story

    The Ernest Green Story

    6.91993HD

    Follows the story of Ernest Green, one of the Little Rock Nine who were the first blacks to integrate into an all white school.

    The Ernest Green Story
  • 2014
    Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

    Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

    Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

    1.52014HD

    In this open-letter style documentary, Ruby Dee & Ossie Davis' rich lives guide their grandson on his personal quest to master lasting love,...

    Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee