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.
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
as Himself / DirectorIn Manhattan's Central Park, a film crew directed by William Greaves is shooting a screen test...
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Lost Boundaries
as Arthur 'Art' CooperA light-skinned African-American family are "passing" in an all-white New England town. When the...
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Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2 ½
as HimselfA movie about making movies about making movies. In 1968, William Greaves shot several pairs of...
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Miracle in Harlem
as Bert HallamA crooked real estate tycoon tricks a trusting young woman out of her small candy store. When he...
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That's Black Entertainment
as Host/NarratorThis documentary presents clips from black films from 1929 through 1957.
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The Man Who Built Cambodia
as SelfAn architect whose iconic buildings defined a newly independent Cambodia struggles to come to...
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Discovering William Greaves
as SelfA documentary on the career of William Greaves, featuring Greaves, his wife and co-producer...
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Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?
as Narrator/InterviewerThe film questions whether the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s effectively changed the Black...
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Souls of Sin
as Isaiah 'Alabama' LeeUnsuccessful gambler 'Dollar Bill' Burton lives in a crummy New York basement room with old...
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The First World Festival of Negro Arts
as NarratorOfficial film of the festival, a gathering that laid crucial groundwork for pan-Africanist...
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