Once Upon a Time in Harlem
“A film over 50 years in the making.”
2026•PG-13•1h 40m•Released
Documentary
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
Languages
English
Studio
William Greaves Productions
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)
Production
Company
William Greaves Productions
Producer
Liani Greaves
Producer
Anne de Mare
Producer
Matthew J. Hoffman
Producer
Bella Racklin
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