Ruby Dee Movies

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2004
    TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

    TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

    TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

    42004HD

    Discover how television has reflected the African American experience in this retrospective of the medium's first half-century. Actors, writers and...

    TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2001
    Taking Back Our Town

    Taking Back Our Town

    Taking Back Our Town

    12001HD

    A true story about a concerned housewife, Pat Melancon, who tries to block Shintech, a massive Japanese petrochemical conglomerate, from building a...

    Taking Back Our Town
  • 1990
    Zora is My Name!

    Zora is My Name!

    Zora is My Name!

    01990HD

    A celebration of the life of Zora Neale Hurston, who was born at the turn of the 20th Century and grew to be an important voice with her written...

    Zora is My Name!
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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!
  • 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
  • 1980
    All God's Children

    All God's Children

    All God's Children

    41980HD

    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...

    All God's Children
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2000
    Finding Buck McHenry

    Finding Buck McHenry

    Finding Buck McHenry

    02000HD

    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...

    Finding Buck McHenry
  • 1992
    Color Adjustment

    Color Adjustment

    Color Adjustment

    6.91992HD

    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
  • 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
  • 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