Ossie Davis Filmography— Page 3
Get on the Bus (1996)
- 120 minutes (2 hours)
- Drama
- 6.9/10 (6039 votes)
Get on the Bus follows several Black men on a cross country bus trip to...
Thomas Jefferson (1997)
- 1 season, 90 minutes (1 hour 30 minutes)
- Documentary
- 7.7/10 (814 votes)
A biographical film about The United States' influential and profoundly enigmatic Founding Father.
Malcolm X (1972)
- 91 minutes (1 hour 31 minutes)
- Documentary
- 7.5/10 (532 votes)
James Earl Jones narrates this fascinating and moving documentary about the life of the assassinated...
The Defenders (1961)
- 5 seasons, 60 minutes (1 hour)
- Drama
- 8.1/10 (501 votes)
Recent law school graduate (Robert Reed) joins his father (E.G. Marshall) as the pair tackle...
King (1978)
- 2 seasons, 240 minutes (4 hours)
- Drama
- 8.0/10 (443 votes)
The story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., stretching from his days as a Southern...
Run for Your Life (1965)
- 4 seasons, 60 minutes (1 hour)
- Drama
- 7.6/10 (430 votes)
A successful lawyer (Ben Gazzara) is told by his doctor that he's terminally ill and...
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers (1983)
- 87 minutes (1 hour 27 minutes)
- Drama
- 7.2/10 (165 votes)
This movie traces the life of Medgar Evers, the former insurance salesman turned field secretary...
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property (2003)
- 58 minutes
- Documentary
- 6.8/10 (183 votes)
The story and legacy of the enigmatic leader of the notorious 1831 homicidal slave revolt...
Black Girl (1972)
- 97 minutes (1 hour 37 minutes)
- Drama
- 6.8/10 (556 votes)
An aspiring dancer and her wicked sisters resent their mother's love for a foster daughter.
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige (1981)
- 98 minutes (1 hour 38 minutes)
- Drama
- 6.9/10 (138 votes)
Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige, star pitcher in the Negro Leagues, and later in the...
The Secret Path (1999)
- 98 minutes (1 hour 38 minutes)
- Drama
- 7.5/10 (708 votes)
A young girl, Jo Ann, born out-of-wedlock and abused by her maternal grandfather, finds happiness...
Kongi's Harvest (1970)
- 79 minutes (1 hour 19 minutes)
- Drama
- 6.3/10 (43 votes)
President Kongi (Wole Soyinka), the dictator of an African developing nation, is trying to modernize...
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks (2003)
- 88 minutes (1 hour 28 minutes)
- Documentary
- 8.6/10 (120 votes)
A profile of the African-American actress Beah Richards, who was nominated for an Oscar for...