A Great Day in Harlem is a 1994 American documentary film directed by Jean Bach about the photograph of the same name.

[1] Director Jean Bach acquired an original home movie showing the 1958 photo shoot from musician Milt Hinton.

[2] In a piece published in The New Yorker, jazz critic Whitney Balliett praised Bach's film as "a brilliant, funny, moving, altogether miraculous documentary.

"[2] Jean Bach described how, upon the film's release, a number of similar photographs employed "A Great Day in..." theme.

[3] Soon after, "A Great Day in Philadelphia" included musicians such as Jimmy Heath, Benny Golson and Ray Bryant.