Once Upon a Time in Harlem
You are cordially invited to a film 50 years in the making.
October 16, 2026
100 min
PG-13
🎬 In theaters in 5 days
Documentary
About
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.
Movie Info
Status: Released
Director: William Greaves
Runtime: 100 min
Top 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)
James Van Der Zee
Self (archival footage)
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