Once Upon a Time in Harlem

Name: Once Upon a Time in Harlem
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2026
Duration: 100 min

2026 · 100 min

Documentary

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Trailer

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.

Crew

Director William Greaves
Director David Greaves

Cast

A
Aaron Douglas
Self (archival footage)
R
Richard Bruce Nugent
Self (archival footage)
E
Ernest Crichlow
Self (archival footage)
Eubie Blake
Self (archival footage)
Leigh Whipper
Self (archival footage)
A
Arna Bontemps
Self (archival footage)
William Greaves
Self (archival footage)
J
James Van Der Zee
Self (archival footage)
I
Ida Mae Cullen
Self (archival footage)
Noble Sissle
Self (archival footage)
R
Romare Bearden
Self (archival footage)

Crew

Director — William Greaves
Director — David Greaves

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Intermission

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