Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Conceived in 1972 by legendary filmmaker William Greaves and completed fifty years later by his son David, Once Upon a Time in Harlem is an essential work of living archive, documenting a lively gathering of luminaries from the Harlem Renaissance during a cocktail party at Duke Ellington’s home.

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