Ruby Dee Movies

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

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.

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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...

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