William Greaves
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- October 8, 1926
- Died
- August 25, 2014 (aged 87)
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Once Upon a Time in Harlem
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Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½
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Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey
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That's Black Entertainment
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Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice
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The Best of Black Journal
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The Deep North
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Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?
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Frederick Douglass: An American Life
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Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass Story
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Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy
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Space For Women
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Where Dreams Come True
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Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)
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The Marijuana Affair
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From These Roots
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The Fighters
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Whose Standard English?
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The Fight
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You've Got a Number
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Nationtime: Gary
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On Merit
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Voice of La Raza
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In the Company of Men
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Black Journal: 9
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Black Journal: 18
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Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
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Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class
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The First World Festival of Negro Arts
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Wealth of a Nation
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Four Religions
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Emergency Ward
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Smoke and Weather
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Putting It Straight
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