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Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
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Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

2014
Directed byMuta’Ali
1h 30m

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.

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Ruby DeeSelfHarry BelafonteSelfAngela BassettSelf
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Alan AldaSelf
Michelle AlexanderSelf
Giancarlo EspositoSelf
Samuel L. JacksonSelf
Danny GloverSelf
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S. Epatha MerkersonSelf
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Documentary
STATUSReleased
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1.5

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