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Once Upon a Time in Harlem

2026 · Documentary · David Greaves and William Greaves · 1h 40m

In 1972 William Greaves filmed a party at Duke Ellington's Harlem townhouse, gathering every surviving figure of the Harlem Renaissance he could find. It sat unfinished for fifty years, until his son cut it together.

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