Ruby Dee Movies

  • 2000
    Finding Buck McHenry

    Finding Buck McHenry

    Finding Buck McHenry

    02000HD

    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...

    Finding Buck McHenry
  • 1997
    A Simple Wish

    A Simple Wish

    A Simple Wish

    5.51997HD

    Murray is a male fairy godmother, and he is trying to help 8-year-old Anabel to fulfil her "simple wish" - that her father Oliver, who is a cab...

    A Simple Wish
  • 1999
    Passing Glory

    Passing Glory

    Passing Glory

    5.81999HD

    A true story of a priest (Andre Braugher) in New Orleans who formed a group of black players and challenged an all-white prep school basketball team...

    Passing Glory
  • 1963
    The Balcony

    The Balcony

    The Balcony

    5.21963HD

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

    The Balcony
  • 1999
    The Unfinished Journey

    The Unfinished Journey

    The Unfinished Journey

    61999HD

    A short about American life and history produced for the millennium New Year's Eve celebration.

    The Unfinished Journey
  • 2013
    Betty and Coretta

    Betty and Coretta

    Betty and Coretta

    7.1672013HD

    The widows of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X and how they carry on as single mothers after the assassination of their husbands.

    Betty and Coretta
  • 1992
    Color Adjustment

    Color Adjustment

    Color Adjustment

    6.91992HD

    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...

    Color Adjustment
  • 1974
    It's Good to Be Alive

    It's Good to Be Alive

    It's Good to Be Alive

    6.61974HD

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

    It's Good to Be Alive
  • 1996
    Captive Heart: The James Mink Story

    Captive Heart: The James Mink Story

    Captive Heart: The James Mink Story

    3.21996HD

    James Mink is a black man in Canada who has built a very successful livery business, and enjoys a white wife and a beautiful daughter, Mary. An...

    Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
  • 1957
    Edge of the City

    Edge of the City

    Edge of the City

    7.11957HD

    An army deserter and a black dock worker join forces against a corrupt manager.

    Edge of the City
  • 1990
    Zora is My Name!

    Zora is My Name!

    Zora is My Name!

    01990HD

    A celebration of the life of Zora Neale Hurston, who was born at the turn of the 20th Century and grew to be an important voice with her written...

    Zora is My Name!
  • 1999
    Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years

    Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years

    Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years

    7.51999HD

    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...

    Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
  • 1979
    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

    4.21979HD

    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...

    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
  • 2004
    Beah: A Black Woman Speaks

    Beah: A Black Woman Speaks

    Beah: A Black Woman Speaks

    02004HD

    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...

    Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
  • 2007
    Steam

    Steam

    Steam

    3.12007HD

    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...

    Steam
  • 1972
    To Be Young, Gifted and Black

    To Be Young, Gifted and Black

    To Be Young, Gifted and Black

    51972HD

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

    To Be Young, Gifted and Black
  • 1998
    Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood

    Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood

    Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood

    01998HD

    Louis Gossett Jr. takes viewers through a special documentary celebration of the groundbreaking achievements of African-American performers and their...

    Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
  • 1995
    Tuesday Morning Ride

    Tuesday Morning Ride

    Tuesday Morning Ride

    6.31995HD

    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...

    Tuesday Morning Ride
  • 1959
    Virgin Island

    Virgin Island

    Virgin Island

    51959HD

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

    Virgin Island
  • 1959
    Take a Giant Step

    Take a Giant Step

    Take a Giant Step

    5.21959HD

    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...

    Take a Giant Step