Ruby Dee

Intimate reflections on loving and living from an American treasure. My One Good Nerve is an exuberant collection of writings in the down-home tradition by that incomparable icon of the human spirit, Ruby Dee. Married for 50 years to fellow actor Ossie Davis, Dee has led an astonishingly full life. But she has never forgotten where she comes from as an African American woman. Fans who have admired and drawn strength over the years from Dee's outspoken...

Tells the story of black, eleven-year old Pecola Breedlove. She prays for her eyes to turn blue so that she will be as beautiful and beloved as all the blonde, blue-eyed children in America. In the autumn of 1941, the year the marigolds in the Breedloves' garden do not bloom, Pecola's life changes in painful, devastating ways.

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 family is devastating. Helene locks herself in her room, her brother blames himself for not having successfully defended his sister, and the media descends on their neighborhood, completely disrupting her small family. But an outpouring of love and understanding from Helene's friends, classmates, and family...

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.

Mary J. Blige and Angela Bassett star in this Lifetime Original Movie that tells the dual real-life stories of Coretta Scott King (Bassett) and Dr. Betty Shabazz (Blige).

It's the hottest day of the year in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. Tensions are growing, with the only local businesses being a Korean grocery and Sal's Pizzeria. Mookie is Sal's delivery boy. Radio Raheem has the letters of love and hate written on his hands. He is defiant and together with a motivated Buggin Out, push Sal and his sons to their breaking point. The cops intervene, using force and brutality to apprehend the large...

Sean Connery stars as a retired Harvard law professor who strives toprove the innocence of a young black man sentenced to death in Floridain this hard-edged, complex legal thriller.A brutal murder is committed in the Florida Everglades. Eight yearslater, a principled Harvard law professor tries to save the convictedman on death row who swears he's innocent of that crime. For thesmall-town detective who investigated the killing, however, there's noquestion...

In 1829, a pregnant woman is condemned to die for a murderous act of rebellion. Meanwhile, in North Carolina, a woman is accused of giving sanctuary to runaway slaves. Dessa Rose is the heartwarming story of an extraordinary friendship between two strong, remarkable women from very different backgrounds, both caught in the shadow of slavery in the 19th-century South. One is an escaped Black slave under sentence of death; the other is a white woman...

A biographical picture about Jackie Robinson's life and role in baseball.

This sparkling documentary features rare TV and movie clips, along with commentary by a stellar group of jazz instrumentalists and singers who knew her well.