Film

Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

1.520141h 30mDocumentary

Director: Muta’Ali
Year: 2014

In this open-letter style documentary, Ruby Dee & Ossie Davis' rich lives guide their grandson on his personal quest to master lasting love, conscious art, and undying activism.

Top cast

Ruby Dee

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Harry Belafonte

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Angela Bassett

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Alan Alda

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Michelle Alexander

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Giancarlo Esposito

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Samuel L. Jackson

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Danny Glover

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Hill Harper

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S. Epatha Merkerson

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Spike Lee

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Phylicia Rashād

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Cornel West

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Malik Yoba

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Guy Davis

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Directed by

Muta’Ali

Written by

Muta’Ali

Produced by

Muta’Ali, Jevon Frank

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