Once Upon a Time in Harlem

CTL-W-1365 · Work

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Combined Graph record U-03508 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-W-1365. Master record source: User-supplied review 2026-10-17 (Once Upon a Time in Harlem review, Oct 15, 2026) — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.

Documentary built from William Greaves' 1972 footage of a Harlem Renaissance reunion party at Duke Ellington's home; directed by David Greaves, produced by Liani Greaves and Anne de Mare

The record

• Year: 2026
• Work type: documentary

Relationships

• David Greaves — authored by
  STRONG EVIDENCE
• William Greaves — authored by
  STRONG EVIDENCE

Referenced by

• Eubie Blake — appeared in → this record
• Frank Horne — appeared in → this record
• Gerri Major — appeared in → this record
• Harlem Renaissance Reunion Party (1972) — documented by → 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
• William Greaves — appeared in → this record

Sources

• https://www.sundance.org/blogs/once-upon-a-time-in-harlem-showcases-the-black-visionaries-who-shaped-a-movement/ (verification source · master store)

Evidence note (master store)

Once Upon A Time In Harlem is a film that debuted in the Premieres section at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, matching stored year 2026 It is built around a 1972 gathering at the Harlem home of Duke Ellington, where artists of the Harlem Renaissance came together; the gathering was orchestrated and filmed by the late William Greaves Co-directing alongside his father William is David Greaves, who was also behind the camera at the 1972 gathering Editor Lynn True and editor/producer Anne de Mare pieced the film together from nearly 60,000 feet of film

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