Ruby Dee Movies

  • 1959
    Virgin Island

    Virgin Island

    Virgin Island

    51959HD

    A British woman marries an American writer in spite of her family's disapproval and goes to live with him on a tropical island.

    Virgin Island
  • 1989
    Making 'Do the Right Thing'

    Making 'Do the Right Thing'

    Making 'Do the Right Thing'

    6.7141989HD

    The Behind-the-Scenes documentary of the dramatic comedy Do the Right Thing.

    Making 'Do the Right Thing'
  • 1996
    Captive Heart: The James Mink Story

    Captive Heart: The James Mink Story

    Captive Heart: The James Mink Story

    3.8331996HD

    James Mink is a black man in Canada who has built a very successful livery business, and enjoys a white wife and a beautiful daughter, Mary. An...

    Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
  • 1994
    The Stand

    The Stand

    The Stand

    01994HD

    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...

    The Stand
  • 1970
    King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

    King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

    King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

    7.0911970HD

    Constructed from a wealth of archival footage, the documentary follows Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from 1955 to 1968, in his rise from regional...

    King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
  • 2001
    Feast of All Saints

    Feast of All Saints

    Feast of All Saints

    4.0562001HD

    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
  • 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
  • 1968
    Uptight

    Uptight

    Uptight

    6.51968HD

    Black militants building up an arsenal of weapons in preparation for a race war are betrayed by one of their own.

    Uptight
  • 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
  • 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
    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
  • 1963
    The Balcony

    The Balcony

    The Balcony

    5.21963HD

    The Madam of a brothel satisfies the erotic fantasies of her customers, while a revolution is sweeping the nation. Preserved by the Academy Film...

    The Balcony
  • 1999
    Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years

    Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years

    Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years

    7.51999HD

    Tells the story of Sadie and Bessie Delany, two African-American (they preferred "colored") sisters who both lived past the age of 100. They grew up...

    Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
  • 2007
    In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema

    In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema

    In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema

    6.52007HD

    This documentary captures the sounds and images of a nearly forgotten era in film history when African American filmmakers and studios created...

    In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema
  • 1999
    The Unfinished Journey

    The Unfinished Journey

    The Unfinished Journey

    61999HD

    A short about American life and history produced for the millennium New Year's Eve celebration.

    The Unfinished Journey
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1958
    St. Louis Blues

    St. Louis Blues

    St. Louis Blues

    7.81958HD

    Will Handy grows up in Memphis with his preacher father and his Aunt Hagar. His father intends for him to use his musical gifts only in church, but...

    St. Louis Blues