Late filmmaker William Greaves’ documentary ‘Once Upon a Time in Harlem’ holds special screenings Nov. 4-5 at Tara Theatre ahead of theatrical release on Nov. 13.
Fifty-four years ago, several Black creatives and intellectuals from the Harlem Renaissance gathered at musician Duke Ellington’s townhouse in New York to reminisce about their roles in the literary and artistic movement from the 1920s.
The event hosted by filmmaker William Greaves reunited writers, journalists, artists, historians and civic leaders over cocktails. He recruited his son, David, to operate one of four cameras used to film the occasion…