Ruby Dee Movies

  • 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
  • 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
  • 2000
    A Storm in Summer

    A Storm in Summer

    A Storm in Summer

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    Set in 1969, Abel Shaddick, a crotchety deli owner, has a grudge against virtually everyone in his upstate New York town of Fairview, particularly...

    A Storm in Summer
  • 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
  • 1972
    To Be Young, Gifted and Black

    To Be Young, Gifted and Black

    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    A mosaic biopic on Lorraine Hansberry, based on the stage play combining her unpublished writings, letters, and diaries.

    To Be Young, Gifted and Black
  • 2011
    Politics of Love

    Politics of Love

    Politics of Love

    4.52011HD

    Politics makes strange bedfellows, but never stranger than when a sexy, savvy, African-American conservative Republican reluctantly falls for his...

    Politics of Love
  • 1990
    Zora is My Name!

    Zora is My Name!

    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...

    Zora is My Name!
  • 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!
  • 1958
    St. Louis Blues

    St. Louis Blues

    St. Louis Blues

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    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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2014
    Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

    Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

    Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

    1.52014HD

    In this open-letter style documentary, Ruby Dee & Ossie Davis' rich lives guide their grandson on his personal quest to master lasting love,...

    Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
  • 2000
    Finding Buck McHenry

    Finding Buck McHenry

    Finding Buck McHenry

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    When an 11 year old boy gets cut from his Little League baseball team, he sets out to form his own team.

    Finding Buck McHenry
  • 1993
    After Goodbye

    After Goodbye

    After Goodbye

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    Award-winning actress Ruby Dee narrates this powerful documentary about the impact of AIDS on the families, friends and members of the acclaimed...

    After Goodbye
  • 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
  • 2018
    Poitier's Walter Lee

    Poitier's Walter Lee

    Poitier's Walter Lee

    02018HD

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

    Poitier's Walter Lee
  • 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
  • 1948
    The Fight Never Ends

    The Fight Never Ends

    The Fight Never Ends

    01948HD

    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
  • 1999
    Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

    Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

    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...

    Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
  • 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