Ossie Davis Movies

Owen is the head administrator of an old age home in Washington. One day, a resident discovers he is cheating on his taxes, and orders that Owen...

The night a mysterious stranger rode into the lonely prairie town of West Sage, no one realized their lives would never be the same.

A black soldier comes home to Harlem after a tour in Vietnam and discovers that his wife had become a heroin addict and died of an overdose....

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

Amid an escalating war in Iraq, rising terror levels and the threat of nuclear attack, a growing body of intellectuals, religious leaders and...

Goin’ Back to T-Town tells the story of Greenwood, an extraordinary Black community in Tulsa, Oklahoma, that prospered during the 1920s and 30s...

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

"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...

“Now is the Time” is a mosaic of marches, Black spiritual, emotional, and inner life set to the readings of Langston Hughes, James...

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

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

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

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.

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

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...

Purlie is a musical based on Ossie Davis' 1961 play Purlie Victorious. In the early days of the civil rights movement, a Southern plantation owner...

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

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

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