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...
- 2007
Steam
Steam3.12007HD
Three women — a young coed, a forty-something single mother, and one a senior-aged widow — meet in the sauna of the local gym, where they...
- 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,...
- 1972
Black Girl
Black Girl6.1431972HD
An aspiring dancer and her two wicked sisters resent their mother's love for a foster daughter.
- 2011
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll5.42011HD
In this film, childhood friends come face to face with the demons of rock and roll (lust, drugs, and passion) on a cross-country road trip that...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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.
- 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...
- 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.
- 1947
Easy to Get
Easy to Get01947HD
U.S. Army training film about avoiding venereal disease, intended primarily for Black servicemen.
- 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...
- 2011
Politics of Love
Politics of Love3.3332011HD
Politics makes strange bedfellows, but never stranger than when a sexy, savvy, African-American conservative Republican reluctantly falls for his...
- 1972
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
To Be Young, Gifted and Black51972HD
A mosaic biopic on Lorraine Hansberry, based on the stage play combining her unpublished writings, letters, and diaries.
- 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...
- 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...