Once Upon a Time in Harlem

A film 50 years in the making

Duration: 100 min
Release date: 2026-01-25
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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.

Documentary

Once Upon a Time in Harlem

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