Ruby Dee Movies
- 1999
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years7.51999HD
Tells the story of Sadie and Bessie Delany, two African-American (they preferred "colored") sisters who both lived past the age of 100. They grew up...
- 2001
Taking Back Our Town
Taking Back Our Town12001HD
A true story about a concerned housewife, Pat Melancon, who tries to block Shintech, a massive Japanese petrochemical conglomerate, from building a...
- 1999
Passing Glory
Passing Glory5.81999HD
A true story of a priest (Andre Braugher) in New Orleans who formed a group of black players and challenged an all-white prep school basketball team...
- 2000
Finding Buck McHenry
Finding Buck McHenry02000HD
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...
- 1997
A Simple Wish
A Simple Wish5.4881997HD
Murray is a male fairy godmother, and he is trying to help 8-year-old Anabel to fulfil her "simple wish" - that her father Oliver, who is a cab...
- 1980
All God's Children
All God's Children41980HD
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...
- 2013
Betty and Coretta
Betty and Coretta7.1672013HD
The widows of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X and how they carry on as single mothers after the assassination of their husbands.
- 1989
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
Making 'Do the Right Thing'6.7141989HD
The Behind-the-Scenes documentary of the dramatic comedy Do the Right Thing.
- 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...
- 1998
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood01998HD
Louis Gossett Jr. takes viewers through a special documentary celebration of the groundbreaking achievements of African-American performers and their...
- 2007
Steam
Steam3.12007HD
Three women — a young coed, a forty-something single mother, and one a senior-aged widow — meet in the sauna of the local gym, where they...
- 1996
Mr. and Mrs. Loving
Mr. and Mrs. Loving5.61996HD
A moving and uplifting drama about the effects of interracial marriage in the 1960s. Friends since childhood, and loved by both families, this couple...
- 1990
Decoration Day
Decoration Day71990HD
A cantankerous widower (Garner) who is virtually living the life of a recluse is forced to rejoin his community when his Godchild (Skaggs) gets in...
- 1963
The Balcony
The Balcony5.21963HD
The Madam of a brothel satisfies the erotic fantasies of her customers, while a revolution is sweeping the nation. Preserved by the Academy Film...
- 1999
The Unfinished Journey
The Unfinished Journey61999HD
A short about American life and history produced for the millennium New Year's Eve celebration.
- 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...
- 1950
The Jackie Robinson Story
The Jackie Robinson Story6.41950HD
Biography of Jackie Robinson, the first black major league baseball player in the 20th century. Traces his career in the negro leagues and the major...
- 1979
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings4.21979HD
Based on writer Maya Angelou's eloquent reminiscences of her days as a gifted youngster growing up in the South during the Depression years where she...
- 1994
The Stand
The Stand01994HD
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...
- 1959
Take a Giant Step
Take a Giant Step5.21959HD
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...