# Once Upon a time in Harlem

Once Upon a time in Harlem at Sinema Transtopia, Wednesday 11 November 2026, 21:00.

- Venue: Sinema Transtopia, Lindower Straße 20/22
- Get tickets: https://booking.cinetixx.de/frontend/index.html?cinemaId=2317182724&showId=3684908187&bgswitch=false
- Go to page: https://sinematranstopia.com/de/sinelection/once-upon-a-time-in-harlem

![Once Upon a time in Harlem](https://noky.io/images/4b779f6f218783daa24716208d2c32bcf562536be75fbc48e3a6a3d89d162ade-1200.webp)

The cinema on Lindower Straße hosts the German premiere of "Once Upon a Time in Harlem", a film built from unseen material from 1972. Back then, filmmaker William Greaves invited artists and intellectuals of the Harlem Renaissance to a filmed afternoon at Duke Ellington's townhouse, which remained unseen for more than five decades. In 2026 his son David Greaves turned it into a film about art, politics and Black life in the USA. The conversation recalls jazz, literature, photography and theatre and asks how these memories continue to resonate today.

## Dates

- Wednesday 11 November 21:00 — Sinema Transtopia
- Wednesday 18 November 21:00 — Sinema Transtopia
- Friday 27 November 20:00 — Sinema Transtopia

Written by a model, sources: [sinematranstopia.com](https://sinematranstopia.com/de/sinelection/once-upon-a-time-in-harlem)

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