An idealistic young man returns to the plantation where he grew up in servitude. Read More »
Tag Archives: Ossie Davis
Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970) Ossie Davis, Godfrey Cambridge, Raymond St. Jacques, Calvin Lockhart
Gravedigger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson are two black cops with a reputation Read More »
Get on the Bus (1996) Spike Lee, Ossie Davis, Charles S. Dutton, Andre Braugher
Get on the Bus follows several Black men on a cross country bus trip to the Million Man March. Read More »
And when I die, I won’t stay dead (2015) Billy Woodberry, Roscoe Lee Browne, Susanne Cockrell, Ossie Davis
A journey into the life and work of beat poet and activist Bob Kaufman Read More »
Do the Right Thing (1989) Spike Lee, Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee
This film looks at life in the Bedford-Stuyvesant district of Brooklyn on a hot summer Sunday. Read More »
A Man Called Adam (1966) Leo Penn, Sammy Davis Jr., Louis Armstrong, Ossie Davis
A famous jazz trumpeter finds himself unable to cope with the problems of everyday life. Read More »