Ruby Dee Movies
- 1998
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...
- 1994
The Stand
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After a deadly plague kills most of the world's population, the remaining survivors split into two groups - one led by a benevolent elder and the...
- 1980
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...
- 2004
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...
- 1976
Countdown at Kusini
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An American musician working in Nigeria becomes involved with a patriot hunted by a mercenary in Africa.
- 2000
Finding Buck McHenry
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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
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This documentary captures the sounds and images of a nearly forgotten era in film history when African American filmmakers and studios created...
- 2011
Politics of Love
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Politics makes strange bedfellows, but never stranger than when a sexy, savvy, African-American conservative Republican reluctantly falls for his...
- 1990
Zora is My Name!
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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...
- 1998
A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner
A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner01998HD
This intimate, uncannily moving documentary profiles Norma Canner, a pioneer in dance movement therapy, who found in dance a way to help people who...
- 1991
Jazztime Tale
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Family - Set in Harlem in 1919, two girls - one white, one black - form a lifelong friendship through a chance encounter and the jazztime music of...
- 1966
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...
- 1972
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
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A mosaic biopic on Lorraine Hansberry, based on the stage play combining her unpublished writings, letters, and diaries.
- 1974
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.
- 1947
Easy to Get
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U.S. Army training film about avoiding venereal disease, intended primarily for Black servicemen.
- 2002
Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'
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Panel discussion about the original Broadway production of Lorraine Hansbury's "A Raisin in the Sun."
- 1999
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
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Paul Robeson: Here I Stand presents the life and achievements of an extraordinary man. Athlete, singer, and scholar, Robeson was also a charismatic...
- 1994
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...
- 1946
That Man of Mine
That Man of Mine01946HD
Featuring the swinging sounds of the all-woman band The International Sweethearts of Rhythm and a young Ruby Dee, the 1946 musical showcases...
- 1972
On Merit
On Merit01972HD
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...