Ossie Davis Movies

White abolitionist John Brown and twenty of his men attempt to start an armed slave revolt in 1859 by seizing a U.S. arsenal at Harpers Ferry,...

In 1831, Nat Turner led a slave rebellion in the United States that resulted in the murder of local slave owners and their families, the eventual...

Paul Robeson: Here I Stand presents the life and achievements of an extraordinary man. Athlete, singer, and scholar, Robeson was also a charismatic...

Join tennis greats John McEnroe and Billie Jean King and world leader Nelson Mandela as they pay homage to the life and work of Arthur Ashe, the...

A profile of the life of actor Walter Matthau.

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

Promotional film depicting the production and Cannes premiere of the Sidney Lumet film "The Hill."

Set to a jazz accompaniment, the dramatic performance centered on Black love and survival weaves together Bible verses, free-verse and prose Davis...

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

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

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

"The Fall" depicts certain scenes in New York City between October 1967 and March 1968, shot by the independent filmmaker, Peter Whitehead. It is a...

Produced in collaboration with Malcolm X and narrated by Ossie Davis, this call to arms layers revolutionary text from multiple sources with gritty,...

A documentary, combining archival material and live interviews with Marcus Garvey, Jr., and others, which introduces the life and work of the pioneer...

Jackie Robinson: Breaking Barriers celebrates the ground-breaking career of the first-ever African-American to join the major leagues, talented...

An interview/overview on the influential careers of Gordon Parks, Ossie Davis, and Melvin Van Peebles.

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

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

In this animated contemporary interpretation of a Hans Christian Andersen morality tale, a pair of magic slippers help two young African-American...

"Tyler Texas Black Film Collection" (1985) is a promotional film hosted by Ossie Davis.