Once Upon a Time in Harlem
BAM Rose Cinemas, Lafayette Avenue 30, 11217 Brooklyn, Brooklyn
$17, Members $12, plus $2 handling fee per ticket
About
Once Upon a Time in Harlem is a newly restored documentary, shot on 16mm, capturing Harlem Renaissance luminaries at a cocktail party at Duke Ellington's home. Conceived in 1972 by filmmaker William Greaves and completed fifty years later by his son David, it follows the gathered artists and intellectuals as they reminisce, argue, and drink for four hours. The film features Duke Ellington, Aaron Douglas, Richard Bruce Nugent, Arna Bontemps, Eubie Blake, Noble Sissle, and James Van Der Zee. It is an invaluable document of an era's artists wrestling with their place in a rapidly shifting cultural landscape, discussing their lives' work and legacies.
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BAM Rose Cinemas is in New York City’s Brooklyn.
Lafayette Avenue 30, 11217 Brooklyn
BAM Rose Cinemas 4 more events- Director
- William Greaves, David Greaves
- Year
- 2026
- Runtime
- 100 min
