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Once Upon a Time in Harlem

2026 · 1h 40m · Documentary

RELEASE DATEOctober 16, 202632 days away

WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR

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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What's confirmed so far.

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ReleaseOctober 16, 2026
Runtime1h 40m
GenresDocumentary
DirectorWilliam Greaves, David Greaves
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CAST & CREW

The people who make it land.

William Greaves portrait
William GreavesDirector
David Greaves portrait
David GreavesDirector
Aaron Douglas portrait
Aaron DouglasSelf (archival footage)
Richard Bruce Nugent portrait
Richard Bruce NugentSelf (archival footage)
Ernest Crichlow portrait
Ernest CrichlowSelf (archival footage)
Eubie Blake portrait
Eubie BlakeSelf (archival footage)
Leigh Whipper portrait
Leigh WhipperSelf (archival footage)
Arna Bontemps portrait
Arna BontempsSelf (archival footage)
William Greaves portrait
William GreavesSelf (archival footage)
James Van Der Zee portrait
James Van Der ZeeSelf (archival footage)