Ruby Dee Movies

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...

"Papua New Guinea: Anthropology on Trial" was a 1983 episode of the PBS science documentary series NOVA. It explored the field of anthropology,...

For a seventy-year period, when America cared little about the education of African-Americans, and discrimination was law and custom, The Bordentown...

Set to a jazz accompaniment, the dramatic performance centered on Black love and survival weaves together Bible verses, free-verse and prose Davis...

Politics makes strange bedfellows, but never stranger than when a sexy, savvy, African-American conservative Republican reluctantly falls for his...

The story of Abe Saperstein and the creation of the Harlem Globetrotters.

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

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

Examines the history and purpose of the "merit system" used by the U.S. Civil Service in hiring and promoting Federal Government workers. Shows how...

The Madam of a brothel satisfies the erotic fantasies of her customers, while a revolution is sweeping the nation.

Set in Harlem in 1919, two girls - one white, one black - form a lifelong friendship through a chance encounter and the jazztime music of young...

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.

Award-winning actress Ruby Dee narrates this powerful documentary about the impact of AIDS on the families, friends and members of the acclaimed...

Mantan Moreland's comedy feature.