William Greaves

Biography

William Greaves (October 8, 1926 – August 25, 2014) was a documentary filmmaker and a pioneer of African-American filmmaking. He produced more than two hundred documentary films, and wrote and directed more than half of these. Greaves garnered many accolades for his work, including four Emmy nominations, one of which he won for his work as executive producer on the African-American news program Black Journal. Description above from the Wikipedia article William Greaves, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Hollywood Black

Once Upon a Time in Harlem

Lost Boundaries

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½

Miracle in Harlem

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

The First World Festival of Negro Arts

Sepia Cinderella

All Movies (14)

• Once Upon a Time in Harlem2026 · as Self (archival footage)
• The Man Who Built Cambodia2017 · as Self
• Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson2007 · as Self
• Discovering William Greaves2006 · as Self
• Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½2005 · as Self
• That's Black Entertainment1989 · as Host/Narrator
• Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?1986 · as Narrator/Interviewer
• Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One1968 · as Self - Director
• The First World Festival of Negro Arts1966 · as Narrator
• Souls of Sin1949 · as Isaiah 'Alabama' Lee
• Lost Boundaries1949 · as Arthur 'Art' Cooper
• Miracle in Harlem1948 · as Bert Hallam
• The Fight Never Ends1948
• Sepia Cinderella1947 · as Patron

All TV Shows (1)

• Hollywood Black2024 · as Self (archive footage)