Ruby Dee Movies
- 1954
Go Man Go
Go Man Go5.71954HD
The story of Abe Saperstein and the creation of the Harlem Globetrotters.
- 1995
Tuesday Morning Ride
Tuesday Morning Ride6.31995HD
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...
- 2000
A Storm in Summer
A Storm in Summer5.82000HD
Set in 1969, Abel Shaddick, a crotchety deli owner, has a grudge against virtually everyone in his upstate New York town of Fairview, particularly...
- 1983
Papua New Guinea: Anthropology on Trial
Papua New Guinea: Anthropology on Trial01983HD
"Papua New Guinea: Anthropology on Trial" was a 1983 episode of the PBS science documentary series NOVA. It explored the field of anthropology,...
- 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A mosaic biopic on Lorraine Hansberry, based on the stage play combining her unpublished writings, letters, and diaries.
- 2011
Politics of Love
Politics of Love4.52011HD
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!
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...
- 1963
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...
- 1958
St. Louis Blues
St. Louis Blues7.81958HD
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...
- 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...
- 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 Cinema6.52007HD
This documentary captures the sounds and images of a nearly forgotten era in film history when African American filmmakers and studios created...
- 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,...
- 2000
Finding Buck McHenry
Finding Buck McHenry02000HD
When an 11 year old boy gets cut from his Little League baseball team, he sets out to form his own team.
- 1993
After Goodbye
After Goodbye01993HD
Award-winning actress Ruby Dee narrates this powerful documentary about the impact of AIDS on the families, friends and members of the acclaimed...
- 1966
Neighbours
Neighbours01966HD
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...
- 2018
Poitier's Walter Lee
Poitier's Walter Lee02018HD
An interview with film scholar Mia Mask, co-editor of Poitier Revisited.
- 1982
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Long Day's Journey Into Night61982HD
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...
- 1948
The Fight Never Ends
The Fight Never Ends01948HD
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...
- 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...
- 1991
Jazztime Tale
Jazztime Tale01991HD
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...