Ossie Davis Movies

Based on Davis' 1961 play Purlie Victorious (which was later translated into the 1963 film Gone Are the Days! and which included all of the original...

James Earl Jones narrates this fascinating and moving documentary about the life of the assassinated black leader through various sources.

Inspired by the Stanley Milgram obedience research, this TV movie chronicles a psychology professor's study to determine why people, such as the...

A famous jazz trumpeter finds himself unable to cope with the problems of everyday life.

Famous actors read testimonies from people close to Lincoln about him and his actions during the Civil War.

An American musician working in Nigeria becomes involved with a patriot hunted by a mercenary in Africa.

A private investigator endures the rigors of an insane asylum in order to locate $1 million in stolen loot.

A look at the confluence of the Red Scare, McCarthyism, and blacklists with the post-war activism by African Americans seeking more and better roles...

Enchanting holiday tale of a young runaway who has broken into an old movie palace, looking for shelter on a snow-filled Christmas Eve. Closed for...

A Kentucky slave fights for his freedom from cruel overseer whose mistress eventually joins Davis and the other slaves in their revolt.

Comedy about a couple of interns in a hospital named 'The House of God'.

After breaking ties with the Nation of Islam, Malcolm X became a man marked for death...and it was just a matter of time before his enemies closed...

The Behind-the-Scenes documentary of the dramatic comedy Do the Right Thing.

The true story of the only African-American crew to take a Navy warship into combat in World War II.

Inspired by a true story, this drama is set in 1965, not long after passage of the Civil Rights Act. Despite the Act, the African-American citizens...

This film is the true story of Medgar Evers, a successful insurance agent who moves to Jackson, Mississippi to direct the regional headquarters of...

Zachariah, makes a few mistakes and it is decided that he is to live as a human being for thirty days. Mordecai is his supervisor. Rebecca's husband...

Follows the story of Ernest Green, one of the Little Rock Nine who were the first blacks to integrate into an all white school.

Ossie Davis narrates a history of "race films," films made before 1950 which catered to a primarily black audience.

John and Ellen have a picture-perfect life: while John runs a successful business, Ellen works as a schoolteacher, and they've raised two beautiful...