Ruby Dee Movies

Captive Heart: The James Mink Story

73/100

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...

Steam

52/100

Steam tells the stories of three women, linked only by the steam room at the local gym. The women seem "stuck" in life, until eachfinds a new, fulfilling relationship.

Gone Are the Days!

68/100

An idealistic young man returns to the plantation where he grew up in servitude. He brings his fiancée Lutiebelle, but hopes to convince the plantation owner that she is really his cousin ... See full summary »

The Way Back Home

62/100

Life affirming spiritual drama about love and loss set in the lush surroundings of Central Florida. Spencer Krane has returned to the town where he was raised. It is the news that his ... See full summary »

It's Good to Be Alive

70/100

The story of former Brooklyn Dodger catcher Roy Campanella, whose career was cut short when he lost the use of his legs in an auto accident in January of 1958.

Taking Back Our Town

62/100

A true story about a concerned housewife, Pat Melancon, who tries to block Shintech, a massive Japanese petrochemical conglomerate...

Red & Blue Marbles

66/100

Five Grad students must decide whether to stay on a dying Earth or sell themselves into a "corporate slavery" for transit to Mars.

To Be Young, Gifted, and Black

70/100

The life and times of Lorraine Hansberry, an African-American writer and political activist, whose semi-autobiographical 1957 play "A Raisin in the Sun" became the first show on Broadway authored by an African-American.

Baby of the Family

76/100

From the moment of her birth in a rural black hospital in Georgia, Lena McPherson is recognized by all the nurses as a special child, one with the power to see ghosts and predict the future... See full summary »

Chelsea D.H.O.

46/100

Dr. Sam Delaney a caring physician in charge of a District Health Office in Philadelphia, treats his patient as well as the patient's illness.

Black Girls Rock

83/100

Cool Red

66/100

Story of the transition of an African country from colonialism to independence.

Long Day's Journey Into Night

93/100

The Fight Never Ends

58/100

Wedding Band

72/100

Stories from the Edge

What a Guy

Jazztime Tale

Set in 1919 Harlem, two girls (one white, one black) form a lifelong friendship through a chance encounter and the jazztime music of young "Fats"Waller. Narrated by Ruby Dee.

Crown Dick

The Torture of Mothers