Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee - Cast

Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee (2014)
Not Rated
90 min | Documentary, Biography, Family

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Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee (2014)

Not Rated

90 min | Documentary, Biography, Family

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 (as Muta'Ali Muhammad)

Writer

Muta'Ali (as Muta'Ali Muhammad)

Producers

Jevon Frank (as N.J. Frank) | Muta'Ali (as Muta'Ali Muhammad)

Cinematographer

Muta'Ali (as Muta'Ali Muhammad)

Editor

Muta'Ali (as Muta'Ali Muhammad)

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Updated Jul 1, 2014

Release date

Jun 22, 2014 (United States)

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35 cast members

Name	Known for
Alan Alda Self Self See fewer	MAS*H (1972)
Michelle Alexander Self Self See fewer	The House I Live In (2012)
Angela Bassett Self Self See fewer	Strange Days (1995)
Harry Belafonte Self Self See fewer	Bobby (I) (2006)
Akim Black Activist Activist See fewer	Mr. Crocket (2024)
Eduardo Bonilla-Silva Self Self See fewer	Race: The Power of an Illusion (2003)
Guy Davis Self Self See fewer	Final (2001)
Nora Day Self Self See fewer	Aquanoids (2003)
Ruby Dee Self Self See fewer	American Gangster (2007)
Giancarlo Esposito Self Self See fewer	Breaking Bad (2008)
Cliff Frazier Self Self See fewer	Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee (2014)
Jenicia Garcia The Artist The Artist See fewer	Zombiez (2005)
Danny Glover Self Self See fewer	Lethal Weapon (1987)
Hill Harper Self Self See fewer	CSI: NY (2004)
Samuel L. Jackson Self Self See fewer	Pulp Fiction (1994)
Gertrude Jeannette Self Self See fewer	Shaft (1971)
Vernon Jordan Self Self See fewer	Mr. Civil Rights: Thurgood Marshall and the NAACP (2014)
Jamal Joseph Self Self See fewer	August Rush (2007)
Woodie King Jr. Self Self See fewer	Serpico (1973)
Curtis King Self Self See fewer	Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee (2014)
Spike Lee Self Self See fewer	Do the Right Thing (1989)
S. Epatha Merkerson Self Self See fewer	Law & Order (1990)
Marc H. Morial Self Self See fewer	New Orleans Politics
Hasna Muhammad Self Self See fewer	Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee (2014)
Jihaad Muhammad Self Self See fewer	Turtle vs. Octopus (2018)
Muta'Ali Self (as Muta'Ali Muhammad) Self (as Muta'Ali Muhammad) See fewer	MoviePass, MovieCrash (2024)
Azania Noah The Bride The Bride See fewer	Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee (2014)
Juanita Poitier Self Self See fewer	Sidney (2022)
Phylicia Rashad Self Self See fewer	The Cosby Show (1984)
Voza Rivers Self Self See fewer	The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America (2012)
Sonia Sanchez Self Self See fewer	Lovecraft Country (2020)
Glynn Turman Self Self See fewer	Super 8 (2011)
Tommy Wallace Jr. Self Self See fewer	Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee (2014)
Cornel West Self Self See fewer	The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
Malik Yoba Self Self See fewer	Cool Runnings (1993)