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How It Feels to Be Free

How Six African-American Female Performers Challenged the Entertainment Industry

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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.

  • Release date
  • January 18, 2021
  • Runtime
  • 120 min
  • Genres
  • Documentary
  • Director
  • Yoruba Richen

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Abbey Lincoln photo Abbey Lincoln Self (archival footage) Nina Simone photo Nina Simone Self (archival footage) Diahann Carroll photo Diahann Carroll Self (archival footage) Pam Grier photo Pam Grier Self (archival footage) Lena Horne photo Lena Horne Self (archival footage) Cicely Tyson photo Cicely Tyson Self (archival footage)

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