William Greaves
William Greaves
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William Greaves

Director 1926-10-08 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 contri...

Known for

FILMOGRAPHY
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Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

1968 · Self - Director

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½

2005 · Self

Lost Boundaries

Lost Boundaries

1949 · Arthur 'Art' Cooper

Sepia Cinderella

Sepia Cinderella

1947 · Patron

Hollywood Black

Hollywood Black

2024 · Self (archive footage)

Souls of Sin

Souls of Sin

1949 · Isaiah 'Alabama' Lee

Miracle in Harlem

Miracle in Harlem

1948 · Bert Hallam

The Fight Never Ends

The Fight Never Ends

1948 · Movie

That's Black Entertainment

That's Black Entertainment

1989 · Host/Narrator

Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?

Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?

1986 · Narrator/Interviewer

The First World Festival of Negro Arts

The First World Festival of Negro Arts

1966 · Narrator

Discovering William Greaves

Discovering William Greaves

2006 · Self

Once Upon a Time in Harlem

Once Upon a Time in Harlem

2026 · Self (archival footage)

The Man Who Built Cambodia

The Man Who Built Cambodia

2017 · Self

Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson

2007 · Self