Movies by Esther Rolle

Driving Miss Daisy

Driving Miss Daisy

The story of an old Jewish widow named Daisy Werthan and her relationship with her black chauffeur, Hoke. From an initial mere work relationship grew in 25 years a strong friendship between the two very different characters, in a time when those types of relationships were shunned.

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Based on writer Maya Angelou's eloquent reminiscences of her days as a gifted youngster growing up in the South during the Depression years where she and her older brother were raised by their grandmother after the divorce of their parents.

Ethnic Notions

Ethnic Notions

This documentary traces the deep-rooted stereotypes which have fueled anti-black prejudice.

Age-Old Friends

Age-Old Friends

John Cooper is in a retirement home. There are strict rules for the residents, but he refuses to fall into passivity. He flirts constantly with Nurse Wilson and spends time with his best buddy Michael Aylott, who's slowly drifting into senility.

Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West

Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West

Real stories of five women of the Old West....