Once Upon a Time in Harlem

Name: Once Upon a Time in Harlem
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2026-10-16
Duration: 1 h 40 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Aaron Douglas, Richard Bruce Nugent, Ernest Crichlow, Eubie Blake, Leigh Whipper

A film 50 years in the making

Once Upon a Time in Harlem (2026)

Timing: 1:40 (100 min)

—
no scores

0/10
0

Rate the movie:

Everything about the movie

Video 1

Photo 7

Actors and characters

Video for the film Once Upon a Time in Harlem — Official Teaser Trailer

1:23

Movie poster "Once Upon a Time in Harlem"

Photo 7

Release date

2026-10-16

Country

United States

Production

JustFilms / Ford Foundation, William Greaves Productions

Genre

Documentary

Budget

Box office

Website

https://www.onceuponatimeinharlemfilm.com/

Director

William Greaves, David Greaves

Actors

Aaron Douglas, Richard Bruce Nugent, Ernest Crichlow, Eubie Blake, Leigh Whipper, Arna Bontemps, William Greaves, James Van Der Zee, Ida Mae Cullen, Noble Sissle
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Producer

Liani Greaves, Anne de Mare, Matthew J. Hoffman, Bella Racklin

Camera operator

Composer

Tamar-kali

Artist

Audition

Editing

Lynn True, Anne de Mare
Whole Team (10)

Short description

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.