Ruby Dee Movies

Panel discussion about the original Broadway production of Lorraine Hansbury's "A Raisin in the Sun."

Featuring the swinging sounds of the all-woman band The International Sweethearts of Rhythm and a young Ruby Dee, the 1946 musical showcases...

When Helene Angel walks home from school with her older brother she is attacked by a street gang and painted white. The effect on Helene and her...

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

A mosaic biopic on Lorraine Hansberry, based on the stage play combining her unpublished writings, letters, and diaries.

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...

The Robinson's like to see themselves as liberals. So when their new black neighbours the Kingsbury's move into their apartment block they are...

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...

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

The story of three items left at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall: a pencil holder, a sheriff's badge, and an electric guitar. Each item connects...

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.

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

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...

An interview with film scholar Mia Mask, co-editor of Poitier Revisited.

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

Mantan Moreland's comedy feature.

A multimedia short created for the U.S. millennium celebrations, The Unfinished Journey reflects on America’s history and spirit through six...

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

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...

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