Ruby Dee Movies

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...

The film chronicles the life and revolutionary times of death row political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal.

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

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...

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

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

This movie details the struggles of former Brooklyn Dodger catcher Roy Campanella to adapt to life in a wheelchair following his crippling automobile...

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...

This documentary captures the sounds and images of a nearly forgotten era in film history when African American filmmakers and studios created...

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...

Mantan Moreland's comedy feature.

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

Joe Louis, portraying himself, is a good influence on a group of Harlem youths who are tempted to "go bad" by a gangster known as Caper, an older...

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

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

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...

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...

A mosaic biopic on Lorraine Hansberry, based on the stage play combining her unpublished writings, letters, and diaries.

This intimate, uncannily moving documentary profiles Norma Canner, a pioneer in dance movement therapy, who found in dance a way to help people who...