How It Feels to Be Free

How It Feels to Be Free

120 mins | Documentary | Jan. 18, 2021

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.

How It Feels to Be Free

120 mins | Documentary | Jan. 18, 2021

How It Feels to Be Free
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.
IMDb rating 8.1
Producers Independent Television Service (ITVS), Yap Films, Fremantle, Chicken & Egg Pictures
Original title How It Feels to Be Free
Directors Yoruba Richen
Writers Ruth Feldstein

Cast

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)