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

Once Upon a Time in Harlem

0.0 / 10 0.0 2026 1h 40mPG-13
Documentary

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.

Directed by William Greaves

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VISUAL NOTES

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CAST

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Aaron DouglasSelf (archival footage)
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Richard Bruce NugentSelf (archival footage)
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Ernest CrichlowSelf (archival footage)
Eubie Blake
Eubie BlakeSelf (archival footage)
Leigh Whipper
Leigh WhipperSelf (archival footage)
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Arna BontempsSelf (archival footage)
William Greaves
William GreavesSelf (archival footage)
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James Van Der ZeeSelf (archival footage)
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