William Greaves
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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.
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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
Acting (14)
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