William Greaves
Directing
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.
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Movies (41)
Once Upon a Time in Harlem2026Self (archival footage)
The Man Who Built Cambodia2017Self- Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson2007Self
Discovering William Greaves2006Self
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½2005Self- Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey2001Directing
Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice1989Directing
That's Black Entertainment1989Host/Narrator- The Deep North1988Directing
- The Best of Black Journal1988Directing
Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?1986Narrator/Interviewer
Frederick Douglass: An American Life1985Directing- Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass Story1984Directing
- Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy1982Directing
- Space For Women1981Directing
- Where Dreams Come True1979Directing
Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)1976Directing
The Marijuana Affair1975Directing
From These Roots1974Directing
The Fighters1974Directing
The Fight1974Directing- Whose Standard English?1974Directing
Nationtime: Gary1972Directing- On Merit1972Directing
Voice of La Raza1971Directing- Black Journal: 181969Directing
- Black Journal: 91969Directing
In the Company of Men1969Directing
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One1968Self - Director
Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class1968Directing
Shows (1)
Hollywood Black2024Self (archive footage)