William Greaves
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.
Filmography (15 titles)
MovieOnce Upon a Time in Harlem
Self (archival footage) · 2026
3.7ShowHollywood Black
Self (archive footage) · 2024
MovieThe Man Who Built Cambodia
Self · 2017
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
Self · 2007
7.0MovieDiscovering William Greaves
Self · 2006
6.3MovieSymbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½
Self · 2005
7.0MovieThat's Black Entertainment
Host/Narrator · 1989
6.0MovieBlack Power in America: Myth or Reality?
Narrator/Interviewer · 1986
6.9MovieSymbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
Self - Director · 1968
7.0MovieThe First World Festival of Negro Arts
Narrator · 1966
7.0MovieSouls of Sin
Isaiah 'Alabama' Lee · 1949
6.6MovieLost Boundaries
Arthur 'Art' Cooper · 1949
7.5MovieMiracle in Harlem
Bert Hallam · 1948
8.0MovieThe Fight Never Ends
1948
5.2MovieSepia Cinderella
Patron · 1947