Once Upon a Time in Harlem
2026-10-16100 minDocumentary
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.
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Aaron Douglas
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Richard Bruce Nugent
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Ernest Crichlow
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Eubie Blake
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Leigh Whipper
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Arna Bontemps
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William Greaves
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James Van Der Zee
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Ida Mae Cullen
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Noble Sissle
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