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Once Upon a Time in Harlem

“You are cordially invited to 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.

Director
William Greaves, David Greaves
Release date
Oct 16, 2026
Original language
English
Origin
United States

Cast of Once Upon a Time in Harlem

  • Aaron Douglas

    Self (archival footage)

  • Richard Bruce Nugent

    Self (archival footage)

  • Ernest Crichlow

    Self (archival footage)

  • Portrait of Eubie Blake

    Eubie Blake

    Self (archival footage)

  • Portrait of Leigh Whipper

    Leigh Whipper

    Self (archival footage)

  • Arna Bontemps

    Self (archival footage)

  • Portrait of William Greaves

    William Greaves

    Self (archival footage)

  • James Van Der Zee

    Self (archival footage)

  • Ida Mae Cullen

    Self (archival footage)

  • Portrait of Noble Sissle

    Noble Sissle

    Self (archival footage)

  • Romare Bearden

    Self (archival footage)

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