MOVIE

Once Upon a Time in Harlem

Name: Once Upon a Time in Harlem
Director: William Greaves
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2026-01-25
Cast: Aaron Douglas, Richard Bruce Nugent, Ernest Crichlow, Eubie Blake, Leigh Whipper

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.

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… + more