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William Greaves
William Greaves (October 8, 1926 – August 25, 2014) was a documentary filmmaker and a pioneer of African-American filmmaking.
Born October 8, 1926† August 25, 2014 New York City, New York, USA1 movie on MoviHero
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William Greaves (October 8, 1926 – August 25, 2014) was a documentary filmmaker and a pioneer of African-American filmmaking. He produced more than two hundred documentary films, and wrote and directed more than half of these. Greaves garnered many accolades for his work, including four Emmy nominations, one of which he won for his work as executive producer on the African-American news program Black Journal. Description above from the Wikipedia article William Greaves, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- 2017The Man Who Built CambodiaSelf
- 2007Our Paul: Remembering Paul RobesonSelf
- 2006Discovering William GreavesSelf
- 2005Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½Director · Writer · Producer · Self
- 2001Ralph Bunche: An American OdysseyWriter · Producer · Director
- 1989Ida B. Wells: A Passion for JusticeProducer · Director · Writer
- 1989That's Black EntertainmentDirector · Host/Narrator
- 1988The Deep NorthDirector · Producer
- 1988The Best of Black JournalDirector
- 1986Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?Director · Producer · Writer · Narrator/Interviewer
- 1985Frederick Douglass: An American LifeDirector · Producer · Writer
- 1984Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass StoryDirector · Producer · Writer
- 1982Booker T. Washington: The Life and the LegacyDirector · Producer · Writer
- 1981Space For WomenDirector · Producer · Writer
- 1981Bustin' LooseProducer
- 1979Where Dreams Come TrueDirector
- 1976Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)Director · Producer · Writer
- 1975The Marijuana AffairDirector · Producer · Writer
- 1974From These RootsDirector
- 1974The FightersProducer · Director
- 1974The FightDirector
- 1974Whose Standard English?Director
- 1974You've Got a NumberDirector
- 1972Nationtime: GaryWriter · Producer · Director
- 1972On MeritDirector
- 1971Voice of La RazaWriter · Producer · Director
- 1970Black Journal: 26; Alice ColtraneProducer
- 1970Black Journal: 23; New-ArkProducer
- 1969Black Journal: 18Director
- 1969Black Journal: 9Director
- 1969In the Company of MenDirector
- 1968Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take OneDirector · Writer · Producer · Self - Director
- 1968Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle ClassDirector · Producer
- 1966The First World Festival of Negro ArtsDirector · Producer · Writer · Narrator
- 1964Wealth of a NationDirector · Writer · Producer
- 1960Four ReligionsDirector
- 1959Emergency WardDirector
- 1959High ArcticWriter
- 1958Smoke and WeatherProducer · Writer · Director
- 1957Putting It StraightDirector
- 1949Souls of SinIsaiah 'Alabama' Lee
- 1949Lost BoundariesArthur 'Art' Cooper
- 1948Miracle in HarlemBert Hallam
- 1948The Fight Never EndsActor
- 1947Sepia CinderellaPatron
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