Ossie Davis Filmes

The comedic play tells the story of a Black preacher’s scheme to reclaim his inheritance and win back his church from a plantation owner.

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

A short about American life and history produced for the millennium New Year's Eve celebration.

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...

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...

Ray investigates the murder of a judge.

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

Karen Garrett, a promising young doctor, is assigned to perform a difficult operation on Teach, an advanced android who has never "blanked" (had his...

An aspiring dancer and her two wicked sisters resent their mother's love for a foster daughter.

A profile of the life of actor Walter Matthau.

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

A short documentary about the making of Spike Lee's biopic, "Malcolm X."

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

Beah: A Black Woman Speaks is a 2003 documentary about the life of Academy Award nominated actress Beah Richards. Directed by Lisa Gay Hamilton, it...

Ossie Davis, Terry McMillan, Horace Julian Bond, Isaac Hayes, Dionne Warwick and many others share their inspiring stories of success in the first...

Hamilton Cade is an alcoholic teacher striving to put his life back together. He accepts a job tutoring an "exceptional child" only to find that...

A documentary filmed at Moton Field in Tuskegee Alabama, home to the airmen of the 99th Fighter Squadron. They were the first African American...

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

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

A young, idealistic man returns home to the plantation where he grew up in servitude. With him, he brings his fiance, Lutiebelle, in hopes of...