How It Feels to Be Free

"How Six AfricanAmerican Female Performers Challenged the Entertainment Industry"Movie
How It Feels to Be Free
StarringAbbey LincolnNina SimoneDiahann Carroll
DirectorYoruba Richen
WriterRuth Feldstein
NR 2 hrDocumentary
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Plot
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

Movie Details

Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Alicia Keys, Elliott Halpern, Elizabeth Trojian, Michael Kantor, Lacey Schwartz Delgado, Mehret Mandefro
Production Companies:Fremantle Yap Films ITVS Chicken Egg Pictures
How It Feels to Be Free on the Web:Official Website