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Born October 8, 1926 · New York City, New York, USA
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.

Once Upon a Time in Harlem
2026

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½
2005
Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey
2001

American Experience: Ida B. Wells – A Passion for Justice
1989

That's Black Entertainment
1989
The Deep North
1988
The Best of Black Journal
1988

Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?
1986

Frederick Douglass: An American Life
1985
Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass Story
1984
Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy
1982
Space For Women
1981
Where Dreams Come True
1979

Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)
1976

The Marijuana Affair
1975

From These Roots
1974

The Fighters
1974
Whose Standard English?
1974

The Fight
1974

Nationtime
1972
On Merit
1972

Voice of La Raza
1971
Black Journal: 18
1969
Black Journal: 9
1969

In the Company of Men
1969

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
1968

Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class
1968

The First World Festival of Negro Arts
1966

Wealth of a Nation
1964
Four Religions
1960

Emergency Ward
1959
Smoke and Weather
1958
Putting It Straight
1957

Once Upon a Time in Harlem
2026

The Man Who Built Cambodia
2017
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
2007

Discovering William Greaves
2006

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½
2005

That's Black Entertainment
1989

Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?
1986

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
1968

The First World Festival of Negro Arts
1966

Souls of Sin
1949

Lost Boundaries
1949

Miracle in Harlem
1948

The Fight Never Ends
1948

Sepia Cinderella
1947