Ruby Dee Movies

  • 1982
    Long Day's Journey Into Night

    Long Day's Journey Into Night

    Long Day's Journey Into Night

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    Over the course of one day in August 1912, the family of retired actor James Tyrone grapples with the morphine addiction of his wife Mary, the...

    Long Day's Journey Into Night
  • 1983
    Papua New Guinea: Anthropology on Trial

    Papua New Guinea: Anthropology on Trial

    Papua New Guinea: Anthropology on Trial

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

    Papua New Guinea: Anthropology on Trial
  • 2009
    A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School

    A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School

    A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School

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

    A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School
  • 2026
    Love in Exile

    Love in Exile

    Love in Exile

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

    Love in Exile
  • 2011
    Politics of Love

    Politics of Love

    Politics of Love

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    Politics makes strange bedfellows, but never stranger than when a sexy, savvy, African-American conservative Republican reluctantly falls for his...

    Politics of Love
  • 1954
    Go Man Go

    Go Man Go

    Go Man Go

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

    Go Man Go
  • 1998
    A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner

    A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner

    A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner

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

    A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner
  • 2006
    Discovering William Greaves

    Discovering William Greaves

    Discovering William Greaves

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

    Discovering William Greaves
  • 1974
    Wedding Band

    Wedding Band

    Wedding Band

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

    Wedding Band
  • 1972
    On Merit

    On Merit

    On Merit

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    Examines the history and purpose of the "merit system" used by the U.S. Civil Service in hiring and promoting Federal Government workers. Shows how...

    On Merit
  • 1963
    The Balcony

    The Balcony

    The Balcony

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

    The Balcony
  • 1991
    Jazztime Tale

    Jazztime Tale

    Jazztime Tale

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    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...

    Jazztime Tale
  • 1946
    Love in Syncopation

    Love in Syncopation

    Love in Syncopation

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    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.

    Love in Syncopation
  • 1993
    After Goodbye

    After Goodbye

    After Goodbye

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    Award-winning actress Ruby Dee narrates this powerful documentary about the impact of AIDS on the families, friends and members of the acclaimed...

    After Goodbye
  • 1948
    What a Guy

    What a Guy

    What a Guy

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    Mantan Moreland's comedy feature.

    What a Guy