Ruby Dee Movies
- 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...
- 1994
Whitewash
Whitewash61994HD
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...
- 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A mosaic biopic on Lorraine Hansberry, based on the stage play combining her unpublished writings, letters, and diaries.
- 1974
Wedding Band
Wedding Band01974HD
A drama which examines the enduring nature of love between a white man and a black woman in 1918 South Carolina.
- 1954
Go Man Go
Go Man Go5.71954HD
The story of Abe Saperstein and the creation of the Harlem Globetrotters.
- 1976
Countdown at Kusini
Countdown at Kusini01976HD
An American musician working in Nigeria becomes involved with a patriot hunted by a mercenary in Africa.
- 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...
- 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...
- 2009
America
America3.52009HD
In "America," Dr. Maureen Brennan, a psychiatrist at a youth treatment center, encounters her newest patient, a bi-racial boy named America. Through...
- 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...
- 1990
Decoration Day
Decoration Day7.31990HD
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...
- 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...
- 1959
Virgin Island
Virgin Island51959HD
A British woman marries an American writer in spite of her family's disapproval and goes to live with him on a tropical island.
- 1980
The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six
The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six01980HD
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...
- 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...
- 2018
Poitier's Walter Lee
Poitier's Walter Lee02018HD
An interview with film scholar Mia Mask, co-editor of Poitier Revisited.
- 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...
- 1947
Easy to Get
Easy to Get01947HD
U.S. Army training film about avoiding venereal disease, intended primarily for Black servicemen.
- 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...
- 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...