Once Upon a Time in Harlem

A film 50 years in the making

20261h 40m

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.

Production

Logo for JustFilms / Ford Foundation

Cast

Photo of Eubie Blake

Eubie Blake

Self (archival footage)

Photo of Leigh Whipper

Leigh Whipper

Self (archival footage)

Photo of William Greaves

William Greaves

Self (archival footage)

Photo of Noble Sissle

Noble Sissle

Self (archival footage)

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