Harlem Renaissance Reunion Party (1972)

CTL-E-0209 · Event

VERIFIED evidence grade — master store (canonical CSV)

Combined Graph record U-03517 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-E-0209. Master record source: User-supplied review 2026-10-17 (Once Upon a Time in Harlem review, Oct 15, 2026) — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.

William Greaves convened two dozen "living luminaries of the Harlem Renaissance" for a filmed cocktail party at Duke Ellington's apartment, 106th St & Riverside Drive; Ellington himself was ill and absent

The record

• Year: 1972

Relationships

• Once Upon a Time in Harlem — documented by
  STRONG EVIDENCE

Referenced by

• Eubie Blake — appeared in → this record
• Frank Horne — appeared in → this record
• Gerri Major — appeared in → this record
• Ida Mae Cullen — appeared in → this record
• James Van Der Zee — appeared in → this record
• Noble Sissle — appeared in → this record
• Regina Andrews — appeared in → this record
• Richard Bruce Nugent — appeared in → this record
• Romare Bearden — appeared in → this record

Sources

• Sundance Institute (sundance.org) — 'Once Upon A Time In Harlem Showcases the Black Visionaries Who Shaped a Movement,' 2026 Sundance Film Festival coverage (tier 3 festival/official film source, fetched in full) (verification source · master store)

Evidence note (master store)

STAMPED ONLY AS FAR AS THE FETCHED SOURCE ESTABLISHES: In 1972, filmmaker William Greaves orchestrated an intimate afternoon gathering / cocktail party of Harlem Renaissance artists at the Harlem home of Duke Ellington, filmed by Greaves and his son David Greaves, to preserve the generation's voices (film: Once Upon A Time In Harlem). Stored year 1972 and host/venue (Greaves convening; Ellington's home) confirmed at this granularity. Per wave instructions, NO guest list is stamped from this source (the Sundance article names no attendees); attendance established in waves 7/10 for Blake, Bearden, Nugent and Van Der Zee is not restated here.

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