Direction: Ossie Davis
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Ossie Davis. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Cotton Comes to Harlem
1970 · Movie · 97 min. · United States
Direction Ossie Davis
Cast Godfrey Cambridge · Raymond St. Jacques · Calvin Lockhart · Judy Pace
Plot The Charismatic black nationalist leader Rev Deke O'Malley is trying to sell the people of Harlem a dream. Invest $100 in his company and live in Africa. But cops Gravedigger...
5.8
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5.8
123 votes
Gordon's War
1973 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction Ossie Davis
Cast Paul Winfield · Carl Lee · David Downing · Tony King
Plot A black soldier comes home to Harlem after a tour in Vietnam and discovers that his wife had become a heroin addict and died of an overdose. Infuriated, he gathers...
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Black Girl
1972 · Movie · 97 min. · United States
Direction Ossie Davis
Cast Brock Peters · Claudia McNeil · Leslie Uggams · Louise Stubbs
Plot An aspiring dancer and her wicked sisters resent their mother's love for a foster daughter.
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Kongi's Harvest
1970 · Movie · 85 min. · Sweden
Direction Ossie Davis
Cast Wole Soyinka · Rasidi Onikoyi · Femi Johnson · Nina Baden-Semper
Plot An African dictator (Wole Soyinka) seeks advice from the king (Rashidi Onikoyi) he ousted on modernizing his tribal nation.
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