Ruby Dee Movies
- 1997
Sports on the Silver Screen
Sports on the Silver Screen101997HD
HBO (in association with the American Film Institute) presents this 1997 anthology, narrated by Liev Schreiber, which looks at sports in cinema from...
- 1963
The Balcony
The Balcony5.21963HD
The Madam of a brothel satisfies the erotic fantasies of her customers, while a revolution is sweeping the nation. Preserved by the Academy Film...
- 1999
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years7.51999HD
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...
- 2013
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal102013HD
The film chronicles the life and revolutionary times of death row political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal.
- 1972
Black Girl
Black Girl6.1431972HD
An aspiring dancer and her two wicked sisters resent their mother's love for a foster daughter.
- 1996
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story3.8331996HD
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...
- 1992
Color Adjustment
Color Adjustment6.9091992HD
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...
- 1958
St. Louis Blues
St. Louis Blues7.81958HD
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...
- 1989
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.
- 1999
Passing Glory
Passing Glory5.81999HD
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...
- 1996
Mr. and Mrs. Loving
Mr. and Mrs. Loving5.61996HD
A moving and uplifting drama about the effects of interracial marriage in the 1960s. Friends since childhood, and loved by both families, this couple...
- 1959
Take a Giant Step
Take a Giant Step5.21959HD
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...
- 1971
The Sheriff
The Sheriff61971HD
A rape case opens racial divisions in a small town. A black sheriff and his white deputy investigate allegations that a wealthy white businessman...
- 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...
- 2000
A Storm in Summer
A Storm in Summer5.82000HD
Set in 1969, Abel Shaddick, a crotchety deli owner, has a grudge against virtually everyone in his upstate New York town of Fairview, particularly...
- 2013
Betty and Coretta
Betty and Coretta7.1672013HD
The widows of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X and how they carry on as single mothers after the assassination of their husbands.
- 1954
Go Man Go
Go Man Go5.71954HD
The story of Abe Saperstein and the creation of the Harlem Globetrotters.
- 1980
The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six
The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six01980HD
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...
- 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...
- 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...