Ruby Dee Movies

Three women — a young coed, a forty-something single mother, and one a senior-aged widow — meet in the sauna of the local gym, where they...

Panel discussion about the original Broadway production of Lorraine Hansbury's "A Raisin in the Sun."

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...

Two Hollywood filmmakers attempt to find Morgan Freeman in Mississippi and convince him to star in their next movie. When life gets in their way they...

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

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

Based on writer Maya Angelou's eloquent reminiscences of her days as a gifted youngster growing up in the South during the Depression years where she...

Featuring the swinging sounds of the all-woman band The International Sweethearts of Rhythm and a young Ruby Dee, the 1946 musical showcases...

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

The murder of a journalist, coming shortly after the killings of a black teenager and a white cop, threatens to inflame passions in the city. To...

Mantan Moreland's comedy feature.

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

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...

“Now is the Time” is a mosaic of marches, Black spiritual, emotional, and inner life set to the readings of Langston Hughes, James...

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

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

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...

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

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

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.