Once Upon a Time in Harlem
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Once Upon a Time in Harlem

"A film over 50 years in the making."

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.

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Cast

  • Aaron Douglas
    Self (archival footage)
  • Richard Bruce Nugent
    Self (archival footage)
  • Ernest Crichlow
    Self (archival footage)
  • Eubie Blake
    Eubie Blake
    Self (archival footage)
  • Leigh Whipper
    Leigh Whipper
    Self (archival footage)
  • Arna Bontemps
    Self (archival footage)
  • William Greaves
    William Greaves
    Self (archival footage)
  • James Van Der Zee
    Self (archival footage)
  • Ida Mae Cullen
    Self (archival footage)
  • Noble Sissle
    Noble Sissle
    Self (archival footage)
  • Romare Bearden
    Self (archival footage)

Crew

  • William Greaves
    William Greaves
    Director
  • David Greaves
    Director
  • Liani Greaves
    Producer
  • David Greaves
    Cinematography
  • Anne de Mare
    Producer
  • Tamar-kali
    Tamar-kali
    Original Music Composer
  • Lynn True
    Editor
  • Anne de Mare
    Editor
  • Mike Frank
    Sound Designer
  • Mike Frank
    Sound Mixer
  • Clive Davidson
    Sound Supervisor
  • Roland Mitchell
    Sound Supervisor
  • Matthew J. Hoffman
    Archival Footage Coordinator
  • Bella Racklin
    Archival Footage Coordinator
  • Matthew J. Hoffman
    Archival Footage Research
  • Bella Racklin
    Archival Footage Research
  • Matthew J. Hoffman
    Producer
  • Bella Racklin
    Producer

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