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Once Upon a Time in Harlem

  • 2026
  • 1h 40m

A decade after his death, genre-defying filmmaker William Greaves has one last trick up his sleeve with what he considered the most important event he captured on film: a 1972 party he engineered with the living luminaries of the Harlem Renaissance.

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Overview

A decade after his death, genre-defying filmmaker William Greaves has one last trick up his sleeve with what he considered the most important event he captured on film: a 1972 party he engineered with the living luminaries of the Harlem Renaissance.

Cast

  • Aaron DouglasSelf (archival footage)
  • Richard Bruce NugentSelf (archival footage)
  • Ernest CrichlowSelf (archival footage)
  • Eubie BlakeSelf (archival footage)
  • Leigh WhipperSelf (archival footage)
  • Arna BontempsSelf (archival footage)
  • William GreavesSelf (archival footage)
  • James Van Der ZeeSelf (archival footage)

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