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William Greaves
Birth Date
October 8, 1926
Death Date
August 25, 2014
(passed away at 87)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
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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.
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TV Show
Hollywood Black
Self (archive footage)
2024 • 4 episodes
Movie
Once Upon a Time in Harlem
Self (archival footage)
2026
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Movie
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
Self - Director
1968
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Movie
Sepia Cinderella
Patron
1947
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Movie
Miracle in Harlem
Bert Hallam
1948
Movie
The Man Who Built Cambodia
Self
2017
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Movie
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½
Self
2005
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Movie
The Fight Never Ends
1948
Movie
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
Self
2007
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Movie
Lost Boundaries
Arthur 'Art' Cooper
1949
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Movie
Discovering William Greaves
Self
2006
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Movie
That's Black Entertainment
Host/Narrator
1989
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Movie
Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?
Narrator/Interviewer
1986
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Movie
The First World Festival of Negro Arts
Narrator
1966
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Movie
Souls of Sin
Isaiah 'Alabama' Lee
1949