How It Feels to Be Free (2021)
How Six African-American Female Performers Challenged the Entertainment Industry
Tells the inspiring story of how six iconic African American female entertainers – Lena Horne, Abbey Lincoln, Nina Simone, Diahann Carroll, Cicely Tyson and Pam Grier – challenged an entertainment industry deeply complicit in perpetuating racist stereotypes, and transformed themselves and their audiences in the process.
- Date of release
- 2021-01-18
- Runtime
- 2h 0m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Yoruba Richen
Casting
- Abbey Lincoln — Self (archival footage)
- Nina Simone — Self (archival footage)
- Diahann Carroll — Self (archival footage)
- Pam Grier — Self (archival footage)
- Lena Horne — Self (archival footage)
- Cicely Tyson — Self (archival footage)
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