On a hot summer day in August 1972, actor-turned-documentarian William Greaves orchestrated a cocktail party at Duke Ellington’s home. He invited the surviving architects of the Harlem Renaissance and ...

"Nestled in the upheavals and footprints of the Civil Rights era, it is a marvel to view and hear elders ruminate on the past." ...

One night in 1972, William Greaves filmed the last documented gathering of the living luminaries of the Harlem Renaissance. The footage was largely unseen until now. His son David and granddaughter ...

More than half a century after 16mm cameras captured a legendary gathering inside Duke Ellington's home, a lost monument of Black history is returning home to its cultural epicenter.

In '72, filmmaker William Greaves hosted a cocktail party for the surviving members of the Harlem Renaissance. Our critic ...

I mean this with zero exaggeration when I say that it’s truly a miracle that Once Upon a Time in Harlem not only exists but ...

On Nov. 13, Heritage Auctions will offer a rare gilded bronze reduction of Saint-Gaudens’s Victory as the centerpiece of its American Art Signature® Auction. The sculpture’s connections reach from the ...

“Once Upon a Time in Harlem” captures Black cultural icons gathering at Duke Ellington’s home in 1972. On a warm ...

This review was originally published on January 24, 2026 out of the Sundance Film Festival. We are recirculating it now timed to Once Upon a Time in Harlem’s theatrical release. There is at least one ...

David and Liani Greaves talk 'Once Upon a Time in Harlem,' built from William Greaves' 1972 footage of Harlem Renaissance ...

A show of bronzes at the Frick Collection reveals a divine and ancient craft they’d revived — and lessons in gluteal grace.

On a warm August afternoon in Harlem, New York, in 1972, a cocktail party took place at Duke Ellington’s home. Not just any cocktail party but one filled with Black painters, poets, writers, musicians ...