Ruby Dee Movies
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 1998
The Wall
The Wall5.71998HD
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...
- 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...
- 2004
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years42004HD
Discover how television has reflected the African American experience in this retrospective of the medium's first half-century. Actors, writers and...
- 2001
Feast of All Saints
Feast of All Saints4.1882001HD
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...
- 1974
It's Good to Be Alive
It's Good to Be Alive6.61974HD
This movie details the struggles of former Brooklyn Dodger catcher Roy Campanella to adapt to life in a wheelchair following his crippling automobile...
- 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...
- 2004
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks02004HD
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks is a 2003 documentary about the life of Academy Award nominated actress Beah Richards. Directed by Lisa Gay Hamilton, it...
- 2000
Finding Buck McHenry
Finding Buck McHenry02000HD
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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 1990
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...
- 1976
Countdown at Kusini
Countdown at Kusini01976HD
An American musician working in Nigeria becomes involved with a patriot hunted by a mercenary in Africa.
- 1993
The Ernest Green Story
The Ernest Green Story6.91993HD
Follows the story of Ernest Green, one of the Little Rock Nine who were the first blacks to integrate into an all white school.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...