Ruby Dee Movies

  • 1959
    Take a Giant Step

    Take a Giant Step

    Take a Giant Step

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    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...

    Take a Giant Step
  • 1994
    Whitewash

    Whitewash

    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...

    Whitewash
  • 1972
    To Be Young, Gifted and Black

    To Be Young, Gifted and Black

    To Be Young, Gifted and Black

    51972HD

    A mosaic biopic on Lorraine Hansberry, based on the stage play combining her unpublished writings, letters, and diaries.

    To Be Young, Gifted and Black
  • 1974
    Wedding Band

    Wedding Band

    Wedding Band

    01974HD

    A drama which examines the enduring nature of love between a white man and a black woman in 1918 South Carolina.

    Wedding Band
  • 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
  • 1976
    Countdown at Kusini

    Countdown at Kusini

    Countdown at Kusini

    01976HD

    An American musician working in Nigeria becomes involved with a patriot hunted by a mercenary in Africa.

    Countdown at Kusini
  • 1995
    Tuesday Morning Ride

    Tuesday Morning Ride

    Tuesday Morning Ride

    6.31995HD

    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...

    Tuesday Morning Ride
  • 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
  • 2009
    America

    America

    America

    3.52009HD

    In "America," Dr. Maureen Brennan, a psychiatrist at a youth treatment center, encounters her newest patient, a bi-racial boy named America. Through...

    America
  • 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
  • 1990
    Decoration Day

    Decoration Day

    Decoration Day

    7.31990HD

    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...

    Decoration Day
  • 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
  • 1959
    Virgin Island

    Virgin Island

    Virgin Island

    51959HD

    A British woman marries an American writer in spite of her family's disapproval and goes to live with him on a tropical island.

    Virgin Island
  • 1980
    The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six

    The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six

    The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six

    01980HD

    In 1963 a group of young Black boys living in Harlem were involved in an incident that earned them the nickname "The Harlem Six." Intent on...

    The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1966
    Neighbours

    Neighbours

    Neighbours

    01966HD

    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
  • 1947
    Easy to Get

    Easy to Get

    Easy to Get

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    U.S. Army training film about avoiding venereal disease, intended primarily for Black servicemen.

    Easy to Get
  • 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

    01998HD

    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
  • 1991
    Jazztime Tale

    Jazztime Tale

    Jazztime Tale

    01991HD

    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