Once Upon a Time in Harlem
David Greaves2026-01-25
A film 50 years in the making
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100 min
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.
Cast
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Aaron Douglas | Self (archival footage) | Unowned |
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Richard Bruce Nugent | Self (archival footage) | Unowned |
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Ernest Crichlow | Self (archival footage) | Unowned |
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Eubie Blake | Self (archival footage) | Unowned |
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Leigh Whipper | Self (archival footage) | Unowned |
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Arna Bontemps | Self (archival footage) | Unowned |
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William Greaves | Self (archival footage) | Unowned |
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James Van Der Zee | Self (archival footage) | Unowned |
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Ida Mae Cullen | Self (archival footage) | Unowned |
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Noble Sissle | Self (archival footage) | Unowned |
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Romare Bearden | Self (archival footage) | Unowned |