Ruby Dee Celebrating Her 90th Birthday

Ruby Dee celebrates 90th birthday in Harlem, documentary screened about her life and career

The original Will and Jada.” Amid the hubbub at Harlem’s Schomburg Centerlate Wednesday night, during a special event celebrating the 90th birthday of living legend Ruby Dee, a dad explained the honoree in terms his teenage son might understand.  

Directed by Dee’s grandson Muta’Ali, and funded through Kickstarter (raising $50,000 in just 40 days), the documentary traces the actress’s life and times in the context of Muta’Ali questioning social activism and matrimony. A work in progress, the unfinished doc concluded after 30 minutes with a flirtatious Belafonte singing “Happy Birthday to You.”