# Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee (2014)

English · Released 2014-06-22

Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee is a 2014 English film. Angela Bassett and Samuel L Jackson appear in it.

Cast: Angela Bassett as Self, Samuel L Jackson as Self

## Storyline
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.

## Common questions

### When was Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee released?
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee was released on 22 June 2014.

### Who stars in Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee?
Angela Bassett and Samuel L Jackson star in Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee.

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