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Once Upon a Time in Harlem

You are cordially invited to a film 50 years in the making.

  • Movie
  • 2026
  • PG-13
  • 1h 40m

Directed by David Greaves and William Greaves

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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.

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Cast and crew

  • Aaron DouglasSelf (archival footage)

  • Richard Bruce NugentSelf (archival footage)

  • Ernest CrichlowSelf (archival footage)

  • Eubie Blake

    Eubie BlakeSelf (archival footage)

  • Leigh Whipper

    Leigh WhipperSelf (archival footage)

  • Arna BontempsSelf (archival footage)

  • William Greaves

    William GreavesSelf (archival footage)

  • James Van Der ZeeSelf (archival footage)

  • Ida Mae CullenSelf (archival footage)

  • Noble Sissle

    Noble SissleSelf (archival footage)

  • Romare BeardenSelf (archival footage)

Director
David Greaves and William Greaves
Music
Tamar-kali
Cinematography
David Greaves