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Once Upon a Time in Harlem

You are cordially invited to a film 50 years in the making.

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Once Upon a Time in Harlem — Plot

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.

  • Release date
  • October 16, 2026
  • Runtime
  • 100 min
  • Genres
  • Documentary
  • Director
  • William Greaves

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Once Upon a Time in Harlem — Cast

Aaron Douglas Self (archival footage) Richard Bruce Nugent Self (archival footage) Ernest Crichlow Self (archival footage) Eubie Blake photo Eubie Blake Self (archival footage) Leigh Whipper photo Leigh Whipper Self (archival footage) Arna Bontemps Self (archival footage) William Greaves photo William Greaves Self (archival footage) James Van Der Zee Self (archival footage)

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