Ruby Dee Movies
- 1968
Uptight
Uptight6.51968HD
Black militants building up an arsenal of weapons in preparation for a race war are betrayed by one of their own.
- 2013
Betty and Coretta
Betty and Coretta7.22013HD
The widows of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X and how they carry on as single mothers after the assassination of their husbands.
- 1992
Color Adjustment
Color Adjustment6.91992HD
From Amos 'n' Andy to Nat King Cole, from Roots to The Cosby Show, black people have played many roles on primetime television. Brilliantly weaving...
- 1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis7.31970HD
Constructed from a wealth of archival footage, the documentary follows Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from 1955 to 1968, in his rise from regional...
- 1979
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings4.21979HD
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...
- 2001
Feast of All Saints
Feast of All Saints4.62001HD
Set in nineteenth-century New Orleans, the story depicts the gens de couleur libre, or the Free People of Colour, a dazzling yet damned class caught...
- 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...
- 1989
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
Making 'Do the Right Thing'6.7141989HD
The Behind-the-Scenes documentary of the dramatic comedy Do the Right Thing.
- 1996
Mr. and Mrs. Loving
Mr. and Mrs. Loving5.61996HD
A moving and uplifting drama about the effects of interracial marriage in the 1960s. Friends since childhood, and loved by both families, this couple...
- 2011
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll5.42011HD
In this film, childhood friends come face to face with the demons of rock and roll (lust, drugs, and passion) on a cross-country road trip that...
- 2007
All About Us
All About Us4.42007HD
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...
- 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...
- 1993
The Ernest Green Story
The Ernest Green Story6.91993HD
Follows the story of Ernest Green, one of the Little Rock Nine who were the first blacks to integrate into an all white school.
- 1972
Black Girl
Black Girl71972HD
An aspiring dancer and her two wicked sisters resent their mother's love for a foster daughter.
- 2007
Steam
Steam3.12007HD
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...
- 2003
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives5.92003HD
When the Civil War ended in 1865, more than four million slaves were set free. Over 70 years later, the memories of some 2,000 slave-era survivors...
- 1971
The Sheriff
The Sheriff61971HD
A rape case opens racial divisions in a small town. A black sheriff and his white deputy investigate allegations that a wealthy white businessman...
- 1999
The Unfinished Journey
The Unfinished Journey61999HD
A short about American life and history produced for the millennium New Year's Eve celebration.
- 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...
- 1999
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years7.51999HD
Tells the story of Sadie and Bessie Delany, two African-American (they preferred "colored") sisters who both lived past the age of 100. They grew up...