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Movie Review: ‘Once Upon a Time in Harlem’ is more than a staggering time capsule

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We’ve had “Once Upon a Time” in the West, in America, in Hollywood. It’s a classic kind of movie title phrase, and a good way to start a fairytale or burnish a myth. But “Once Upon a Time in Harlem” is a staggering documentary event, and has a different relationship with the past. It takes...

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    We’ve had “Once Upon a Time” in the West, in America, in Hollywood. It’s a classic kind of movie title phrase, and a good way to start a fairytale or burnish a myth. But “Once Upon a Time in Harlem” is a staggering documentary event, and has a different relationship with the past. It takes...

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