Once Upon a Time in Harlem

Once Upon a Time in Harlem

100 mins | Documentary | Jan. 25, 2026

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.

Once Upon a Time in Harlem

100 mins | Documentary | Jan. 25, 2026

Once Upon a Time in Harlem
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.
Producers
Original title Once Upon a Time in Harlem
Directors Louise Greaves, David Greaves, William Greaves
Writers

Cast

Aaron Douglas

as Self - archival footage

Richard Bruce Nugent

as Self - archival footage

Ernest Crichlow

as Self - archival footage

Eubie Blake

as Self - archival footage

Leigh Whipper

as Self - archival footage

Arna Bontemps

as Self - archival footage

William Greaves

as Self - archival footage