Once Upon a
Time in Harlem

Opening-night screening of Once Upon a Time in Harlem, the film William Greaves considered the most important event he captured: a 1972 party he engineered with living luminaries of the Harlem Renaissance. For four hours the group, many of whom had not seen each other in fifty years, reminisced, critiqued, argued, laughed and drank while wrestling with their place in a rapidly shifting cultural landscape. Shot on 16mm, newly restored and directed by Greaves' son David, the film is at once a self-exploration and an inquiry into the Harlem Renaissance, and into how culture passes from one generation to the next. The film opens Friday, November 6. Tickets are on sale now.