William Greaves
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Born October 8, 1926 in 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.
Filmography
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Once Upon a Time in Harlem
Self (archival footage)
Hollywood Black
Self (archive footage)
The Man Who Built Cambodia
Self
Discovering William Greaves
Self
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½
Self
Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice
That's Black Entertainment
Host/Narrator
Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?
Narrator/Interviewer
Frederick Douglass: An American Life
Bustin' Loose
Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)
The Marijuana Affair
From These Roots
The Fighters
Every Nigger Is a Star
The Fight
Nationtime: Gary
Voice of La Raza
Black Journal: 26; Alice Coltrane
In the Company of Men
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
Self - Director
Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class
The First World Festival of Negro Arts
Narrator
Wealth of a Nation
Emergency Ward
Blood and Fire
Trans Canada Summer
Islands of the Frozen Sea
The Dikes
Souls of Sin
Isaiah 'Alabama' Lee
Lost Boundaries
Arthur 'Art' Cooper
Miracle in Harlem
Bert Hallam
The Fight Never Ends
Sepia Cinderella
Patron