Ruby Dee Movies

  • 2018
    Poitier's Walter Lee

    Poitier's Walter Lee

    Poitier's Walter Lee

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    An interview with film scholar Mia Mask, co-editor of Poitier Revisited.

    Poitier's Walter Lee
  • 2002
    Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'

    Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'

    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."

    Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'
  • 1946
    That Man of Mine

    That Man of Mine

    That Man of Mine

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    Featuring the swinging sounds of the all-woman band The International Sweethearts of Rhythm and a young Ruby Dee, the 1946 musical showcases...

    That Man of Mine
  • 1991
    Jazztime Tale

    Jazztime Tale

    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...

    Jazztime Tale
  • 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
  • 1982
    Long Day's Journey Into Night

    Long Day's Journey Into Night

    Long Day's Journey Into Night

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    Over the course of one day in August 1912, the family of retired actor James Tyrone grapples with the morphine addiction of his wife Mary, the...

    Long Day's Journey Into Night
  • 1983
    Papua New Guinea: Anthropology on Trial

    Papua New Guinea: Anthropology on Trial

    Papua New Guinea: Anthropology on Trial

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    "Papua New Guinea: Anthropology on Trial" was a 1983 episode of the PBS science documentary series NOVA. It explored the field of anthropology,...

    Papua New Guinea: Anthropology on Trial
  • 2009
    A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School

    A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School

    A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School

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    For a seventy-year period, when America cared little about the education of African-Americans, and discrimination was law and custom, The Bordentown...

    A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School
  • 1998
    A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner

    A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner

    A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner

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    This intimate, uncannily moving documentary profiles Norma Canner, a pioneer in dance movement therapy, who found in dance a way to help people who...

    A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner