Ruby Dee — Actor (34)
Tuesday Morning Ride (1995) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Tuesday Morning Ride
director: Dianne Houston actor: Vivian Bonnell / Bill Cobbs
Tuesday Morning Ride is based on the short story "A Summer Tragedy" by Arna Bontemps, a Harlem Renaissance writer. Set in the 1930s, the story depicts an old man and woman -- he a stroke victim, she blind -- who feel they have nothing to live for since their children do not visit. They decide to put on their finest clothing and take a final ride in their car -- with no turning back. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.
The Unfinished Journey (1999) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Unfinished Journey
director: Steven Spielberg actor: Bill Clinton / Ossie Davis
other title: 未完成的旅途
A multimedia short created for the U.S. millennium celebrations, The Unfinished Journey reflects on America’s history and spirit through six chapters—immigration, war, culture, civil rights, and innovation. Commissioned by President Bill Clinton and premiered at the Lincoln Memorial on New Year’s Eve 1999, the film features an original orchestral score by John Williams titled American Journey.
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story (1996) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
other title: Verraten und verkauft
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, Mary. An excellent match is arranged with an American businessman, but when he takes his new wife Mary across the border his true character emerges - he sells her into slavery. James and Elizabeth must go to Virginia to rescue their daughter.
Gone Are the Days! (1963) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Gone Are the Days!
director: Nicholas Webster actor: Ossie Davis / Ruby Dee
A young, idealistic man returns home to the plantation where he grew up in servitude. With him, he brings his fiance, Lutiebelle, in hopes of convincing the plantation owner that she is really his cousin in order to secure the family inheritance. To aid in the comic complications that follow are his family members Missy and Gitlow, and the plantation owners endearing (but ineffectual) son Charlie.
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives (2003) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
other title: Unchained Memories / 脫去枷鎖的回憶:奴隸實錄
When the Civil War ended in 1865, more than four million slaves were set free. Over 70 years later, the memories of some 2,000 slave-era survivors were transcribed and preserved by the Library of Congress. These first-person anecdotes, ranging from the brutal to the bittersweet, have been brought to vivid life in this unique HBO documentary special, featuring the on-camera voices of over a dozen top African-American actors.
Decoration Day (1990) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Decoration Day
director: Robert Markowitz actor: James Garner / Judith Ivey
other title: 데코레이션 데이 / Purple Heart - Die Stunde des Helden
A cantankerous widower (Garner) who is virtually living the life of a recluse is forced to rejoin his community when his Godchild (Skaggs) gets in trouble and a childhood friend (Cobbs), a black tenant farmer, refuses to belatedly accept a Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery in World War II.
Video Girl (2011) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Video Girl
director: Ty Hodges actor: 梅根·古德 / Adam Senn
other title: 視頻女孩 / 视频女孩
Lorie Walker is a small town girl whose big dreams of becoming a dancer come true when she becomes a star in the Hip-Hop video world. But she soon learns the hard way that life in front of the camera is not as glamorous as it seems.
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years (1999) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
other title: A História das Irmãs Delany / Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years (film)
Tells the story of Sadie and Bessie Delany, two African-American (they preferred "colored") sisters who both lived past the age of 100. They grew up on a North Carolina college campus, the daughters of the first African-American Episcopal bishop, who was born a slave, and a woman with an inter-racial background. With the support of each other and their family, they survived encounters with racism and sexism in their own different ways. Sadie quietly and sweetly broke barriers to become the first African-American home-ec teacher in New York City, while Bessie, with her own brand of outspokenness, became the second African-American dentist in New York City. At the ages of 103 and 101, they told their story to Amy Hill Hearth, a white New York Times reporter who published an article about them. The overwhelming response launched a bestselling book, a Broadway play, and this film.
Take a Giant Step (1959) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Take a Giant Step
director: Philip Leacock actor: Johnny Nash / Estelle Hemsley
other title: 少年心 / Spring über Deinen Schatten
After African-American teenager Spence Scott gets expelled from his private school for arguing with a teacher, he turns to his grandmother for advice. Spence, who lives in a genteel white area and has mostly white friends, feels like an outsider. He visits a bar in a black neighborhood, where he meets a few prostitutes, which doesn't help. Eventually, Spence starts a friendship with the housekeeper, Christine, who tells him her own difficult story.
Cop & ½ (1993) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Cop & ½
other title: 사고뭉치 형사 / Ein Cop und ein Halber
When a pint-sized 8-year-old kid witnesses a murder he offers to help the police, if they make him a cop, too. Saddled with this streetwise sidekick, a hardboiled cop is forced to take his new partner seriously as they race the clock to bring the bad guys to justice.
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
director: 西德尼·卢梅特 / Joseph L. Mankiewicz actor: Martin Luther King Jr. / Coretta Scott King
other title: 킹: 어 필름드 리코드... 몽고메리 투 멤피스 / Dann war mein Leben nicht umsonst – Martin Luther King
Constructed from a wealth of archival footage, the documentary follows Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from 1955 to 1968, in his rise from regional activist to world-renowned leader of the Civil Rights movement. Rare footage of King's speeches, protests, and arrests are interspersed with scenes of other high-profile supporters and opponents of the cause, punctuated by heartfelt testimonials by some of Hollywood's biggest stars.
The Stand (1994) [TV] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Stand
other title: 미래의 묵시록 / ザ・スタンド
After a deadly plague kills most of the world’s population, the remaining survivors split into two groups - one led by a benevolent elder and the other by a maleficent being - to face each other in a final battle between good and evil.
The Jackie Robinson Story (1950) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Jackie Robinson Story
director: Alfred E. Green actor: Jackie Robinson / 露比·迪
other title: L'Histoire de Jackie Robinson / 杰基·罗宾逊的故事
Biography of Jackie Robinson, the first black major league baseball player in the 20th century. Traces his career in the negro leagues and the major leagues.
King Dog (2014) [Movie] Douban
director: Curtis Nichouls actor: 艾斯-T / 妮可·奥斯汀
When you change your mind, you can change your life. King Dog celebrates one man's real life story of triumph and redemption in a world of crime and corruption.