William Greaves
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William Greaves

Born 1926-10-08 · New York City, New York, USA · Died 2014-08-25

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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Known for

Bustin' Loose★ 5.9Viewing moment
Bustin' Loose
1981
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One★ 7.6Viewing moment
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
1968
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2 ½★ 6.4Viewing moment
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2 ½
2005
Lost Boundaries★ 6.6Viewing moment
Lost Boundaries
1949
The FightViewing moment
The Fight
1974
The First World Festival of Negro Arts★ 7Viewing moment
The First World Festival of Negro Arts
1966
Discovering William GreavesViewing moment
Discovering William Greaves
2006
The Man Who Built CambodiaViewing moment
The Man Who Built Cambodia
2022
Souls of SinViewing moment
Souls of Sin
1949
The Marijuana AffairViewing moment
The Marijuana Affair
1975
That's Black EntertainmentViewing moment
That's Black Entertainment
1989
The FightersViewing moment
The Fighters
1974
Miracle in Harlem★ 6.2Viewing moment
Miracle in Harlem
1948
Alice Coltrane [Black Journal segment]Viewing moment
Alice Coltrane [Black Journal segment]
1970
The DikesViewing moment
The Dikes
1955
The Fight Never Ends★ 8Viewing moment
The Fight Never Ends
1948
NationtimeViewing moment
Nationtime
1972
Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle ClassViewing moment
Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class
1968
Wealth of a NationViewing moment
Wealth of a Nation
1964
Voice of La RazaViewing moment
Voice of La Raza
1971
Ida B. Wells: A Passion for JusticeViewing moment
Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice
1989
Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?★ 6Viewing moment
Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?
1986
Blood and FireViewing moment
Blood and Fire
1958
Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)Viewing moment
Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)
1976
The New-Ark [Black Journal segment]Viewing moment
The New-Ark [Black Journal segment]
1968

Frequent collaborators