Once Upon a Time in Harlem

Once Upon a Time in Harlem (2026)

N/A 100 min Movie
Documentary

A film over 50 years in the making.

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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Cast

Aaron Douglas Aaron Douglas Self (archival footage)
Richard Bruce Nugent Richard Bruce Nugent Self (archival footage)
Ernest Crichlow Ernest Crichlow Self (archival footage)
Eubie Blake Eubie Blake Self (archival footage)
Leigh Whipper Leigh Whipper Self (archival footage)
Arna Bontemps Arna Bontemps Self (archival footage)
William Greaves William Greaves Self (archival footage)
James Van Der Zee James Van Der Zee Self (archival footage)
Ida Mae Cullen Ida Mae Cullen Self (archival footage)
Noble Sissle Noble Sissle Self (archival footage)
Romare Bearden Romare Bearden Self (archival footage)

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