Ruby Dee Movies

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1992
    Color Adjustment

    Color Adjustment

    Color Adjustment

    6.9091992HD

    From Amos 'n' Andy to Nat King Cole, from Roots to The Cosby Show, black people have played many roles on primetime television. Brilliantly weaving...

    Color Adjustment
  • 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
  • 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'
  • 1999
    Passing Glory

    Passing Glory

    Passing Glory

    5.81999HD

    A true story of a priest (Andre Braugher) in New Orleans who formed a group of black players and challenged an all-white prep school basketball team...

    Passing Glory
  • 1996
    Mr. and Mrs. Loving

    Mr. and Mrs. Loving

    Mr. and Mrs. Loving

    5.61996HD

    A moving and uplifting drama about the effects of interracial marriage in the 1960s. Friends since childhood, and loved by both families, this couple...

    Mr. and Mrs. Loving
  • 1959
    Take a Giant Step

    Take a Giant Step

    Take a Giant Step

    5.21959HD

    This pioneering film in the history of African-American cinema, released two years before "A Raisin In The Sun", is the coming-of-age story of a...

    Take a Giant Step
  • 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
  • 1963
    Gone Are the Days!

    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...

    Gone Are the Days!
  • 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
  • 2013
    Betty and Coretta

    Betty and Coretta

    Betty and Coretta

    7.1672013HD

    The widows of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X and how they carry on as single mothers after the assassination of their husbands.

    Betty and Coretta
  • 1954
    Go Man Go

    Go Man Go

    Go Man Go

    5.71954HD

    The story of Abe Saperstein and the creation of the Harlem Globetrotters.

    Go Man Go
  • 1980
    The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six

    The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six

    The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six

    01980HD

    In 1963 a group of young Black boys living in Harlem were involved in an incident that earned them the nickname "The Harlem Six." Intent on...

    The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six
  • 1998
    Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood

    Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood

    Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood

    01998HD

    Louis Gossett Jr. takes viewers through a special documentary celebration of the groundbreaking achievements of African-American performers and their...

    Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
  • 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