Once Upon a Time in Harlem
A film over 50 years in the making.
0.0(0) 2026-10-16 100 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.
DirectorWilliam Greaves
DirectorDavid Greaves
ProducerLiani Greaves
ProducerAnne de Mare
Original Music ComposerTamar-kali
ProducerMatthew J. Hoffman
ProducerBella Racklin
Cast & characters
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Aaron Douglas
as Self (archival footage)
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Richard Bruce Nugent
as Self (archival footage)
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Ernest Crichlow
as Self (archival footage)
Eubie Blake
as Self (archival footage)
Leigh Whipper
as Self (archival footage)
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Arna Bontemps
as Self (archival footage)
William Greaves
as Self (archival footage)
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James Van Der Zee
as Self (archival footage)
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Ida Mae Cullen
as Self (archival footage)
Noble Sissle
as Self (archival footage)
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Romare Bearden
as Self (archival footage)
