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Once Upon a Time in Harlem poster

Once Upon a Time in Harlem

2026 · PG-13 · 1h40

Metacritic 940

Directed by David Greaves, William Greaves

Documentary

A decade after his death, genre-defying filmmaker William Greaves has one last trick up his sleeve with what he considered the most important event he captured on film: a 1972 party he engineered with the living luminaries of the Harlem Renaissance.

With Aaron Douglas, Richard Bruce Nugent, Ernest Crichlow, Eubie Blake, Leigh Whipper.

Showtimes

Monday, November 9
2:18PM
3:30PM
Kabuki
Japantown · feature ~3:50PM
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3:45PM
Metreon
SoMa · feature ~4:05PM
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5:20PM
Opera Plaza
Civic Center
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6:00PM
Kabuki
Japantown · feature ~6:20PM
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9:50PM
Alamo
Mission · feature ~10:05PM
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Tuesday, November 10
12:10PM
Opera Plaza
Civic Center
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12:45PM
Kabuki
Japantown · feature ~1:05PM
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1:15PM
Metreon
SoMa · feature ~1:35PM
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3:15PM
Kabuki
Japantown · feature ~3:35PM
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5:20PM
Opera Plaza
Civic Center
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6:00PM
Roxie
Mission
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6:15PM
Alamo
Mission · feature ~6:30PM
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Wednesday, November 11
11:30AM
Metreon
SoMa · feature ~11:50AM
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12:10PM
Opera Plaza
Civic Center
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12:15PM
Kabuki
Japantown · feature ~12:35PM
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3:00PM
Kabuki
Japantown · feature ~3:20PM
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5:20PM
Opera Plaza
Civic Center
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8:00PM
Roxie
Mission
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9:30PM
Alamo
Mission · feature ~9:45PM
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Thursday, November 12
12:10PM
Opera Plaza
Civic Center
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5:40PM
Opera Plaza
Civic Center
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Saturday, November 14last night
1:00PM
Roxie
Mission
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