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William Greaves
Born 1926-10-08New 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.
Screen work
Movies & roles
Once Upon a Time in HarlemSelf (archival footage)The Man Who Built CambodiaSelfOur Paul: Remembering Paul RobesonSelfDiscovering William GreavesSelfSymbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½SelfThat's Black EntertainmentHost/NarratorBlack Power in America: Myth or Reality?Narrator/InterviewerSymbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take OneSelf - DirectorThe First World Festival of Negro ArtsNarratorSouls of SinIsaiah 'Alabama' LeeLost BoundariesArthur 'Art' CooperMiracle in HarlemBert HallamThe Fight Never EndsRoleSepia CinderellaPatron