Ruby Dee Movies
- 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.
- 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...
- 1990
Decoration Day
Decoration Day71990HD
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...
- 1999
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand01999HD
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand presents the life and achievements of an extraordinary man. Athlete, singer, and scholar, Robeson was also a charismatic...
- 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.
- 1979
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings4.21979HD
Based on writer Maya Angelou's eloquent reminiscences of her days as a gifted youngster growing up in the South during the Depression years where she...
- 2003
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives5.92003HD
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...
- 2014
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee1.52014HD
In this open-letter style documentary, Ruby Dee & Ossie Davis' rich lives guide their grandson on his personal quest to master lasting love,...
- 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...
- 2001
Taking Back Our Town
Taking Back Our Town12001HD
A true story about a concerned housewife, Pat Melancon, who tries to block Shintech, a massive Japanese petrochemical conglomerate, from building a...
- 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...
- 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...
- 1969
Deadlock
Deadlock01969HD
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...
- 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...
- 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 Cinema6.52007HD
This documentary captures the sounds and images of a nearly forgotten era in film history when African American filmmakers and studios created...
- 1992
Color Adjustment
Color Adjustment6.91992HD
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...
- 2001
Feast of All Saints
Feast of All Saints4.0562001HD
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...
- 1966
Neighbours
Neighbours01966HD
The Robinson's like to see themselves as liberals. So when their new black neighbours the Kingsbury's move into their apartment block they are...
- 1980
All God's Children
All God's Children41980HD
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...
- 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...