Ruby Dee Movies

A rape case opens racial divisions in a small town. A black sheriff and his white deputy investigate allegations that a wealthy white businessman...

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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