Ruby Dee Movies

  • 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
  • 1948
    The Fight Never Ends

    The Fight Never Ends

    The Fight Never Ends

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    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...

    The Fight Never Ends
  • 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
  • 2018
    Poitier's Walter Lee

    Poitier's Walter Lee

    Poitier's Walter Lee

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

    Poitier's Walter Lee
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1947
    Easy to Get

    Easy to Get

    Easy to Get

    01947HD

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

    Easy to Get
  • 1946
    That Man of Mine

    That Man of Mine

    That Man of Mine

    01946HD

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

    That Man of Mine
  • 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