How It Feels to Be Free
(2021)

How Six African-American Female Performers Challenged the Entertainment Industry

Released: 2021-01-18

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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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Abbey Lincoln

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Nina Simone

as Self (archival footage)

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Diahann Carroll

as Self (archival footage)

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Pam Grier

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Lena Horne

as Self (archival footage)

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Cicely Tyson

as Self (archival footage)

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Alicia Keys

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Elliott Halpern

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Elizabeth Trojian

Executive Producer

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Lacey Schwartz Delgado

Executive Producer

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Michael Kantor

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