Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee(2014)
Synopsis
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.
Directed by Muta’Ali
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Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee was released in 2014.
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Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee runs for 90 minutes (1 hour and 30 minutes).
Who directed Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee?+
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee was directed by Muta’Ali.
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Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee stars Ruby Dee, Harry Belafonte, Angela Bassett, Alan Alda and Michelle Alexander.
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