Once Upon a Time in Harlem
2026
Documentary
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.
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
Directors
William Greaves
David Greaves
Louise Greaves
