Once Upon a Time in Harlem

Some guy in the Q&A was like “Listen I’m a filmmaker myself so I hate to do this but I have more of a comment than a question, this was one of the most moving things I’ve ever seen…” and everybody rolled their eyes and then slowly realized it was Barry Jenkins

Ryan

83 Does the job of any great archival work, connecting us to the complications of the past. Starts off a bit rigid but soon finds its groove as a series of intellectual conversations begin to open up and flourish.

SilentDawn

an open invitation to sit in on an unbelievably fascinating conversation.

George Carmi

the avengers but everyone actually changed the world

Nayeem

this might be a perfect documentary. just two hours of people interrupting each other with different whataboutisms. some of the most beautiful colour grading ive ever seen. amazing outfits.

carley :)

In many ways, William and David Greaves’ inviting and historical documentary, “Once Upon a Time in Harlem,” is the stuff of legend. A vital reclamation of a precious history, the film was born from a night in 1972, when the elder Greaves invited the living titans of the…

Robert Daniels

A miracle movie. David Greaves understandably deploys some contemporary documentary tropes to organize the footage, but during the final third ths conventional framing largely gives way to the exquisite immersive sprawl of watching geniuses in conversation (arguing, joking,…

Brian 🩸🦇

“Oh, it is important, and it was meant to be entertaining. That was one of the things that I reacted to. Dad said, ‘David, if something affects you viscerally, go with it.’ As he says in his concept, the film was meant to be theatrical and move at a snappy pace. So it had…

Brandon Streussnig

Looking back at images that look back. It starts a little awkwardly, as the more didactic side isn't the movie's strongest suit and needs it to get going, but as soon as Greaves' images concentrate on everyone at the party discussing among themselves, there is great…

Filipe Furtado