
Once Upon a Time in Harlem
A film 50 years in the making
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.
Production
William Greaves Productions, JustFilms / Ford Foundation
Language
EN
Status
Released
Release Date
Cast
Aaron Douglas
Self (archival footage)
Richard Bruce Nugent
Self (archival footage)
Ernest Crichlow
Self (archival footage)

Eubie Blake
Self (archival footage)

Leigh Whipper
Self (archival footage)
Arna Bontemps
Self (archival footage)

William Greaves
Self (archival footage)
James Van Der Zee
Self (archival footage)
Ida Mae Cullen
Self (archival footage)

Noble Sissle
Self (archival footage)
Romare Bearden
Self (archival footage)
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