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How It Feels to Be Free

0.0 120 mins Documentary   2021
Fremantle   Yap Films   ITVS   Chicken & Egg Films  
Director(s): Yoruba Richen

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.

Casts of How It Feels to Be Free

Abbey Lincoln

as Self (archival footage)

Nina Simone

as Self (archival footage)

Diahann Carroll

as Self (archival footage)

Pam Grier

as Self (archival footage)

Lena Horne

as Self (archival footage)

Cicely Tyson

as Self (archival footage)

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