Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

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.

Full Cast of Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

Angela Bassett as Self

Angela Bassett

Self

Angela Evelyn Bassett (born August 16, 1958) is an American actress. Known for her work in film and television since...

Alan Alda as Self

Alan Alda

Self

Alan Alda  (born January 28, 1936) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, and author. A six-time Emmy Award...

Giancarlo Esposito as Self

Giancarlo Esposito

Self

Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito (born April 26, 1958) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying...

Samuel L. Jackson as Self

Samuel L. Jackson

Self

Samuel Leroy Jackson (born December 21, 1948) is an American actor and producer. One of the most widely recognized...

Danny Glover as Self

Danny Glover

Self

Danny Lebern Glover (born July 22, 1946) is an American actor, film director, and political activist. He is best...

Hill Harper as Self

Hill Harper

Self

The person Hill Harper was born on May 17, 1966 and is currently 58 years old.

S. Epatha Merkerson as Self

S. Epatha Merkerson

Self

S. Epatha Merkerson (born Sharon Epatha Merkerson) is an American film, stage, and television actress. She has won a...

Spike Lee as Self

Spike Lee

Self

Spike Lee was born Shelton Lee in 1957, in Atlanta, Georgia. At a very young age, he moved from pre-civil rights...

Phylicia Rashād as Self

Phylicia Rashād

Self

Phylicia Rashād (born Phylicia Ayers-Allen; June 19, 1948) is an American Tony Award winning actress and singer,...

Guy Davis

Self

Crew of Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

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