Once Upon a Time in Harlem

William Greaves ProductionsDocumentary · 1h 40m

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ReleasedOctober 16, 2026

Directed byDavid Greaves, William Greaves

Runtime1h 40m

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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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Aaron DouglasSelf (archival footage)Richard Bruce NugentSelf (archival footage)Ernest CrichlowSelf (archival footage)

Eubie BlakeSelf (archival footage)

Leigh WhipperSelf (archival footage)