Ossie Davis
23 titles
Filmography
23 results

Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve
(1999)When a young girl finds herself sleeping in an abandoned theater on Christmas Eve, the Christmas spirits living there come to life just long enough to help her find her way through music.

Proud
(2004)The true story of the segregated USS Mason and its all-African American crew that was just one of two ships to sail into battle against Nazi U-boats.

Goin' Back to T-Town
(1993)This is the story of Greenwood, an extraordinary Black community in Tulsa, Oklahoma, that prospered during the 1920s and 30s despite rampant and hostile segregation. Ironically, it could not survive the progressive policies of integration and urban renewal of the 1960s. The film is a bittersweet celebration of small-town life and the resilience of a community’s spirit.

Do the Right Thing
(1989)Director Spike Lee's seminal exploration of race and violence takes place in a Brooklyn neighborhood anchored by Sal's Pizzeria - where the heat of summer is boiling over! Biting humor and riveting drama.

12 Angry Men
(1997)A fair-minded juror exposes holes in the prosecution's case to create a reasonable doubt and cast light on the biases that often pollute the system.

Bubba Ho-tep
(2002)An aging Elvis joins forces with a fellow nursing home resident who believes he's JFK to fight a mummy who wants to steal the souls of the elderly.

The Secret Path
(1999)Una joven blanca abusada constantemente por su abuelo encuentra la felicidad y la paz cuando una pareja negra mayor la toma bajo su protección.

I'm Not Rappaport
(1996)While one elderly New Yorker faces a daughter's incompetence charge, another is forced into retirement.

Doctor Dolittle
(1998)A workaholic doctor estranged from his family rediscovers his ability to communicate with animals, which turns his life upside down.

Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough
(1997)This profile chronicles the life of actor Walter Matthau, whose self-deprecating humor was a product of poverty and New York street smarts.

Dinosaur
(2000)Set 65 million years ago, DINOSAUR tells the compelling story of Aladar, an iguanadon who is separated from his own kind and raised by a clan of lemurs, including the wisecracking Zini and the compassionate Plio.

A Vow to Cherish
(1999)The love between a businessman and his wife is tested, when she contracts a merciless disease that will either cement or destroy their marriage.

The Scalphunters
(1968)A lively and ribald western about a frontier-wise fur trapper who loses his pelts to a band of Kiowas in exchange for a slave he doesn't want.

School Daze
(1988)Innovative filmmaker Spike Lee (She's Gotta Have It) brings to the screen a music-filled, offbeat contemporary comedy that takes an unforgettable look at black college life.

Sam Whiskey
(1969)A jack of all trades is offered a job from a beautiful widow who decides she wants him to find gold bars her husband stole and rightfully return them.

Joe Versus the Volcano
(1990)Life begins with a journey around the world for a squashed bug of a guy under the heel of a hideous corporation just as he’s told he’s about to die.

Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
(2003)The acclaimed documentary about Nat Turner’s slave rebellion in Virginia in 1831 and the harsh civil rights losses and mob reprisals that followed.

Avenging Angel
(1985)When the cop who saved and changed her life is slain, a former teen prostitute, now a law student, returns to the streets to face his mobster killers.

Death of a Prophet
(1981)The last hours of Malcolm X’s life are detailed, as he spreads the word of equality and brotherhood up until the moment of his untimely assassination.

Baadasssss!
(2004)Playing his dad in the film, Mario Van Peebles recounts the revolutionary spirit that drove Van Peebles Sr. to turn his back on the Hollywood system.