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William Greaves

Oct 08, 1926 - Aug 25, 2014 (87 years old) in New York City, New York, USA

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.

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Known For

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Miracle in Harlem
Bert Hallam
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Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
Self - Director
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Lost Boundaries
Arthur 'Art' Cooper
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Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½
Self
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Discovering William Greaves
Self
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Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?
Narrator/Interviewer
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That's Black Entertainment
Host/Narrator
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Souls of Sin
Isaiah 'Alabama' Lee
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Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
Self
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The Man Who Built Cambodia
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