'Once Upon a Time in Harlem' review: A rediscovered revelation
The new film “Once Upon a Time in Harlem” is a staggering documentary event. As AP Film Writer Jake Coyle writes in his review, the movie is about a single day in 1972 when the filmmaker William Greaves gathered luminaries of the Harlem Renaissance for a cocktail party at Duke Ellington's town house. The result is less an act of preservation than a lively and dynamic reminder that history is an ever-unfolding continuum. Coyle says it's a miracle of a movie. For decades, the footage sat unused.
Only after Greaves' death in 2014 did the 16 mm film get restored and ultimately assembled into a documentary by the director's son, David Greaves.
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