Synopsis
A decade after his death, genre-defying filmmaker William Greaves has one last trick up his sleeve with what he considered the most important event he captured on film: a 1972 party he engineered with the living luminaries of the Harlem Renaissance.
Ratings
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Metacritic94/100
Key crew
- William GreavesDirector
- David GreavesDirector
- Tamar-kaliOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Aaron DouglasSelf (archival footage)
- Richard Bruce NugentSelf (archival footage)
- Ernest CrichlowSelf (archival footage)
- Eubie BlakeSelf (archival footage)
- Leigh WhipperSelf (archival footage)
- Arna BontempsSelf (archival footage)
- William GreavesSelf (archival footage)
- James Van Der ZeeSelf (archival footage)
- Ida Mae CullenSelf (archival footage)
- Noble SissleSelf (archival footage)
- Romare BeardenSelf (archival footage)
Stills
Themes
communityreunionharlem, new york cityharlem renaissancecocktail partyrestorationblack communitycollaborationduke ellingtonharlem