 | Poitier's Walter Lee (2018)
Self (archive footage) |
 | Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee (2014)
Self |
 | Betty and Coretta (2013)
Narrator |
 | Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal (2013)
Self |
 | A Thousand Words (2012)
Annie McCall |
 | Video Girl (2011)
Valerie |
 | Politics of Love (2011)
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 | The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll (2011)
Miss Candy |
 | A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School (2009)
Narrator (voice) |
 | America (2009)
Mrs. Harper |
 | Steam (2007)
Doris |
 | American Gangster (2007)
Mama Lucas |
 | All About Us (2007)
Ms. Ella |
 | In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema (2007)
Herself |
 | Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson (2007)
Self |
 | Discovering William Greaves (2006)
Self |
 | No. 2 (2006)
Nanna Maria |
 | Their Eyes Were Watching God (2005)
Nanny |
 | Beah: A Black Woman Speaks (2004)
Self |
 | TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004)
(archive footage) |
 | Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives (2003)
|
 | Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun' (2002)
Self |
 | Taking Back Our Town (2001)
Emelda West |
 | Feast of All Saints (2001)
Elsie Claviere |
 | Finding Buck McHenry (2000)
Mrs. Henry |
 | A Storm in Summer (2000)
Grandmother |
| | The Unfinished Journey (1999)
Narrator (voice) |
 | Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years (1999)
Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany |
 | Baby Geniuses (1999)
Margo |
 | Paul Robeson: Here I Stand (1999)
Self |
 | Passing Glory (1999)
Mommit Porter |
| | A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner (1998)
Narrator |
 | The Wall (1998)
Mrs. Mitchell (segment "The Badge") |
 | Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood (1998)
Self |
 | A Simple Wish (1997)
Hortence |
| | Sports on the Silver Screen (1997)
Self (archive footage) |
 | Captive Heart: The James Mink Story (1996)
Indigo |
 | Mr. and Mrs. Loving (1996)
Sophia |
 | Just Cause (1995)
Evangeline Ferguson |
 | Tuesday Morning Ride (1995)
Jennie |
 | Whitewash (1994)
Grandmother (voice) |
 | After Goodbye (1993)
Narrator |
 | Cop and ½ (1993)
Rachel |
 | The Ernest Green Story (1993)
Lydia Wilson |
 | Color Adjustment (1992)
Narrator |
 | Jazztime Tale (1991)
Narrator (voice) |
 | Jungle Fever (1991)
Lucinda Purify |
 | Decoration Day (1990)
Rowena |
 | The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson (1990)
Jackie's Mother |
 | Love at Large (1990)
Corrine Dart |
 | Zora is My Name! (1990)
Zora Neale Hurston |
| | Making 'Do the Right Thing' (1989)
Self |
 | Do the Right Thing (1989)
Mother Sister |
 | Go Tell It on the Mountain (1985)
Mrs. Grimes |
 | Long Day's Journey Into Night (1982)
Mary Tyrone |
 | Cat People (1982)
Female |
 | All God's Children (1980)
Irene Whitfield |
 | The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six (1980)
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 | I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979)
Grandmother Baxter |
 | Countdown at Kusini (1976)
Leah Matanzima |
 | Wedding Band (1974)
Julia Augustine |
 | It's Good to Be Alive (1974)
Ruth Campanella |
 | Black Girl (1972)
Netta's mother |
 | Buck and the Preacher (1972)
Ruth |
 | To Be Young, Gifted and Black (1972)
Lorraine Hansberry and other assorted characters |
| | On Merit (1972)
Narrator (voice) |
 | The Sheriff (1971)
Sue Ann Lucas |
 | King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970)
Self (archive footage) |
 | Deadlock (1969)
Lucinda |
 | Uptight (1968)
Laurie |
 | The Incident (1967)
Joan Robinson |
| | Neighbours (1966)
Vicky Kingsbury |
 | Gone Are the Days! (1963)
Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins |
 | The Balcony (1963)
Thief |
 | A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
Ruth Younger |
 | Take a Giant Step (1959)
Christine |
 | Virgin Island (1959)
Ruth |
 | St. Louis Blues (1958)
Elizabeth |
 | Edge of the City (1957)
Lucy Tyler |
 | Go Man Go (1954)
Irma Jackson |
 | The Tall Target (1951)
Rachel |
 | No Way Out (1950)
Connie Brooks (uncredited) |
 | The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)
Rae Robinson |
 | The Fight Never Ends (1948)
|
 | What a Guy (1948)
|
 | Easy to Get (1947)
Drugstore Girl |
 | Love in Syncopation (1946)
|
 | That Man of Mine (1946)
Joan |
