How It Feels to Be Free

"How Six African-American Female Performers Challenged the Entertainment Industry"

2021 120 min IMDb English Yoruba Richen
Fremantle
ITVS
Chicken & Egg Films

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Overview

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.

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Top Cast

Abbey Lincoln

Abbey Lincoln

Self (archival footage)
Nina Simone

Nina Simone

Self (archival footage)
Diahann Carroll

Diahann Carroll

Self (archival footage)
Pam Grier

Pam Grier

Self (archival footage)
Lena Horne

Lena Horne

Self (archival footage)
Cicely Tyson

Cicely Tyson

Self (archival footage)

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