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

Once Upon a Time in Harlem

January 25, 2026 | 100 min

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.

Genres

Documentary

Cast

Naomi Scott

Aaron Douglas

Naomi Scott

Richard Bruce Nugent

Naomi Scott

Ernest Crichlow

Naomi Scott

Eubie Blake

Naomi Scott

Leigh Whipper

Naomi Scott

Arna Bontemps

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