
A famous jazz trumpeter finds himself unable to cope with the problems of everyday life. Read More »
Tag Archives: Ossie Davis
Gone Are the Days! (1963) Nicholas Webster, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Godfrey Cambridge

An idealistic young man returns to the plantation where he grew up in servitude. Read More »
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 »