Once Upon a Time in Harlem
25/01/2026
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.
Documentary
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Aaron Douglas
as Self (archival footage)
Richard Bruce Nugent
as Self (archival footage)
Ernest Crichlow
as Self (archival footage)
Eubie Blake
as Self (archival footage)
Leigh Whipper
as Self (archival footage)
Arna Bontemps
as Self (archival footage)
William Greaves
as Self (archival footage)
James Van Der Zee
as Self (archival footage)
Ida Mae Cullen
as Self (archival footage)
Noble Sissle
as Self (archival footage)
Romare Bearden
as Self (archival footage)
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