Ruby Dee Movies

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...

Beah: A Black Woman Speaks is a 2003 documentary about the life of Academy Award nominated actress Beah Richards. Directed by Lisa Gay Hamilton, it...

An aspiring dancer and her two wicked sisters resent their mother's love for a foster daughter.

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...

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...

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

Louis Gossett Jr. takes viewers through a special documentary celebration of the groundbreaking achievements of African-American performers and their...

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...

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...

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

Paul Robeson: Here I Stand presents the life and achievements of an extraordinary man. Athlete, singer, and scholar, Robeson was also a charismatic...

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...

A moving and uplifting drama about the effects of interracial marriage in the 1960s. Friends since childhood, and loved by both families, this couple...

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

A mosaic biopic on Lorraine Hansberry, based on the stage play combining her unpublished writings, letters, and diaries.

A documentary on the career of William Greaves, featuring Greaves, his wife and co-producer Louise Archambault, actor Ruby Dee, filmmaker St. Clair...

Mantan Moreland's comedy feature.

Follows the band's rise in show business, starting with its origins in the Navy during World War II and their struggle to make it.

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...

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...