Once Upon a Time in Harlem

Overview

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.

Directed by William Greaves, David Greaves

Top cast

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Aaron Douglas

Self (archival footage)

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Richard Bruce Nugent

Self (archival footage)

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Ernest Crichlow

Self (archival footage)

Eubie Blake

Self (archival footage)

Leigh Whipper

Self (archival footage)

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Arna Bontemps

Self (archival footage)

William Greaves

Self (archival footage)

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James Van Der Zee

Self (archival footage)

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Ida Mae Cullen

Self (archival footage)

Noble Sissle

Self (archival footage)

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Romare Bearden

Self (archival footage)

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