Richard Bruce Nugent
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Nov 5, 2026
Liani GreavesGUEST
And so I want for people to see that and to be thinking about that.
Liani GreavesGUEST
You know, Richard Bruce Nugent says in the film, when you're in it, it is the now.
Liani GreavesGUEST
You're not thinking about what it's ever going to mean or any of that.
Liani GreavesGUEST
And so how are we being in our nows, right? Like, how are we collaborating across artistic medium and how are we collaborating with people that don't agree with us and with our elders and people that are younger than us? And how are we learning from each other and being in community with each other? And also when you see these, this film is so much.
Madeline BrandHOST
Dave.
Dave WhiteGUEST
There's UB Blake and Arna Bontom and James Van Der Zee and the artist Aaron Douglas and Richard Bruce Nugent.
Dave WhiteGUEST
Journalists, editors, actors, librarians, historians.
Dave WhiteGUEST
This cross-section of people who lived through a wellspring of culture and who influenced thousands and thousands of other people through the ensuing decades.
Alonzo DuraldeGUEST
There's UB
Dave WhiteGUEST
Blake and Arna Bantam and James Van Der Zee and the artist Aaron Douglas and Richard Bruce Nugent.
Dave WhiteGUEST
Journalists, editors, actors, librarians, historians.
Dave WhiteGUEST
This cross-section of people who lived through a wellspring of culture and who influenced thousands and thousands of other people through the ensuing decades.
David GreavesGUEST
And, um, as, um, Mr. Hardy from the, uh, UNIA, the United Negro Improvement Association, as he says at the end of the film, uh, uh, they were traveling on dif- different roads, but they all were going to, to, to the same goal, and I think that's what, um, kept it as a, a very civil relationships even though they could, um, disagree, but they were all mo- moving in the same direction.
Michelle MartinCORRESPONDENT
Then you see, you know, I think it was maybe Richard Bruce Nugent, who was an artist, "Well, wait, wait, wait, hold on here." And then also seeing some of the women then speak up and say, "Excuse me, what we're not talking about here are the contributions of many of the women." [laughs] And, and, and that was like, wow, you know, even then they were having those, those conversations.
Liani GreavesGUEST
Yeah.
Michelle MartinCORRESPONDENT
So Leoni, how did you all finally bring this film to fruition so that we can all experience it?
Liani GreavesGUEST
Um, I would say why it, the meaning of the film is- To have people pay attention to the way that they're behaving in the now.
Liani GreavesGUEST
You know, in the film, Richard Bruce Nugent says, "When you're in it, it is the now."
Nichole HillHOST
Yeah.
Liani GreavesGUEST
You're never thinking about what it's going to mean.
Kate WolfHOST
During the span of a long afternoon, this extraordinary group reflected on and argued about their politics, aesthetics, ambitions, and history.
Kate WolfHOST
Greaves captured a crucial moment when the Renaissance's cultural contributions were at risk of being overshadowed, but through interviews with the artists Romare Bearden and Aaron Douglas, the writers Arna Bontemps and Richard Bruce Nugent, and the activist Regina Andrews, among many others, he offered an intimate, first-hand account of the generation that transformed American art and literature at the beginning of the 20th century.
Kate WolfHOST
Unfinished at the time of Greaves's death in 2014, David and Leonie have since completed the film and recovered a vital chapter of American cultural history which illuminates both the struggles and questions of the Harlem Renaissance, and the way they continue to resonate today.
Kate WolfHOST
Thank you both so much for being here.
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Liani GreavesGUEST
And, um, so yeah, I think that our, our film really, you know, it, it, it, it, it reminds us that, you know, as my dad is saying, that there is this divinity in each of us, right? And that, you know, we don't know what w- the...
Liani GreavesGUEST
And so to be mindful of that, and also to be mindful of the moments that we're, that we're in, to pay attention to the now.
Liani GreavesGUEST
You know, how are we paying attention? W- Richard Bruce Nugent says in the film, "When you're in it, it is the now.
Liani GreavesGUEST
You're not thinking about what it's going to mean or what it's ever going to mean." And so many of them didn't realize that they were in the middle of a renaissance, and I think that's very, a very telling observation, you know, as they're, as they're looking back at it, you know, 50 years, um, in the, in the future.
Liani GreavesGUEST
That stands the test of time.
Liani GreavesGUEST
I would say, well, certainly one that, that feels really relevant today is the one in which, um, uh, uh, they're debating whether or not Du- uh, Aaron Douglas, is he an Afro-American artist or is he, you know, a, a Negro artist, or shall we just call him, you know, uh, Richard Bruce Nugent says, "He, he's an artist, period."
Alison StewartHOST
We actually have a clip of that.
Liani GreavesGUEST
Oh, well, that's even better.
Liani GreavesGUEST
Mm-hmm.
John RidleyHOST
Uh, and by the way, uh, Richard Bruce Nugent has the most interesting quote about the Harlem Renaissance and did it exist and did it exist for him, and I love that he says, you know, um-
Liani GreavesGUEST
It's the now
John RidleyHOST
... "For the type of dilettante person that I am, I work sincerely but not too hard."