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Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee poster

Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee(2014)

June 22, 20141h 30m

15%User score 15 percent

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1 votes

Overview

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.

Director: Muta’Ali
Writers: Muta’Ali

Top Billed 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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Facts

Status: Released
Original title: Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
Original language: English

Keywords

civil rights
herstory

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