Ruby Dee Movies

  • 1959
    Take a Giant Step

    Take a Giant Step

    Take a Giant Step

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    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
  • 1966
    Neighbours

    Neighbours

    Neighbours

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    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
  • 2009
    America

    America

    America

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    In "America," Dr. Maureen Brennan, a psychiatrist at a youth treatment center, encounters her newest patient, a bi-racial boy named America. Through...

    America
  • 1993
    The Ernest Green Story

    The Ernest Green Story

    The Ernest Green Story

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    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!

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    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!
  • 2004
    Beah: A Black Woman Speaks

    Beah: A Black Woman Speaks

    Beah: A Black Woman Speaks

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    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
  • 1980
    All God's Children

    All God's Children

    All God's Children

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    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
  • 1974
    Wedding Band

    Wedding Band

    Wedding Band

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    A drama which examines the enduring nature of love between a white man and a black woman in 1918 South Carolina.

    Wedding Band
  • 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

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    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
  • 2006
    Discovering William Greaves

    Discovering William Greaves

    Discovering William Greaves

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    A documentary on the career of William Greaves, featuring Greaves, his wife and co-producer Louise Archambault, actor Ruby Dee, filmmaker St. Clair...

    Discovering William Greaves
  • 1998
    Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood

    Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood

    Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood

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    Louis Gossett Jr. takes viewers through a special documentary celebration of the groundbreaking achievements of African-American performers and their...

    Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
  • 1954
    Go Man Go

    Go Man Go

    Go Man Go

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    The story of Abe Saperstein and the creation of the Harlem Globetrotters.

    Go Man Go
  • 1976
    Countdown at Kusini

    Countdown at Kusini

    Countdown at Kusini

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

    Countdown at Kusini
  • 1948
    What a Guy

    What a Guy

    What a Guy

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    Mantan Moreland's comedy feature.

    What a Guy
  • 1995
    Tuesday Morning Ride

    Tuesday Morning Ride

    Tuesday Morning Ride

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    Tuesday Morning Ride is based on the short story "A Summer Tragedy" by Arna Bontemps, a Harlem Renaissance writer. Set in the 1930s, the story...

    Tuesday Morning Ride
  • 1946
    Love in Syncopation

    Love in Syncopation

    Love in Syncopation

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    Follows the band's rise in show business, starting with its origins in the Navy during World War II and their struggle to make it.

    Love in Syncopation
  • 1996
    Mr. and Mrs. Loving

    Mr. and Mrs. Loving

    Mr. and Mrs. Loving

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    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
  • 1948
    The Fight Never Ends

    The Fight Never Ends

    The Fight Never Ends

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    Joe Louis, portraying himself, is a good influence on a group of Harlem youths who are tempted to "go bad" by a gangster known as Caper, an older...

    The Fight Never Ends
  • 1994
    Whitewash

    Whitewash

    Whitewash

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    When Helene Angel walks home from school with her older brother she is attacked by a street gang and painted white. The effect on Helene and her...

    Whitewash
  • 1972
    On Merit

    On Merit

    On Merit

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    Examines the history and purpose of the "merit system" used by the U.S. Civil Service in hiring and promoting Federal Government workers. Shows how...

    On Merit