Ruby Dee Movies

  • 1990
    Decoration Day

    Decoration Day

    Decoration Day

    71990HD

    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...

    Decoration Day
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1998
    The Wall

    The Wall

    The Wall

    5.71998HD

    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...

    The Wall
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2004
    Beah: A Black Woman Speaks

    Beah: A Black Woman Speaks

    Beah: A Black Woman Speaks

    02004HD

    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...

    Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1979
    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

    4.21979HD

    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...

    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
  • 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!
  • 1976
    Countdown at Kusini

    Countdown at Kusini

    Countdown at Kusini

    01976HD

    An American musician working in Nigeria becomes involved with a patriot hunted by a mercenary in Africa.

    Countdown at Kusini
  • 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!
  • 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
  • 1966
    Neighbours

    Neighbours

    Neighbours

    01966HD

    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...

    Neighbours
  • 2003
    Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

    Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

    Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

    5.92003HD

    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...

    Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives