Once Upon a Time in Harlem
OCT 16, 2026 · 100 MIN · DIR. WILLIAM GREAVES
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.
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)
Ida Mae Cullen
Self (archival footage)
Noble Sissle
Self (archival footage)
Romare Bearden
Self (archival footage)
Crew
Editor
Lynn True
Editor
Anne de Mare
Original Music Composer
Tamar-kali
Producer
Liani Greaves
Producer
Anne de Mare
Producer
Matthew J. Hoffman
Producer
Bella Racklin
