You are cordially invited to a film 50 years in the making.
Once Upon a Time in Harlem
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
Behind the scenes
Movie screenshots & stills
CAST
The people behind the story
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Aaron DouglasSelf (archival footage)—
Richard Bruce NugentSelf (archival footage)—
Ernest CrichlowSelf (archival footage)
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Arna BontempsSelf (archival footage)
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