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How It Feels to Be Free

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Calorie Rating: 169
Released: 2021-01-18
Running Time: 120 Minutes
Homepage: https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/how-it-feels-to-be-free-documentary/15247/
Studios: Fremantle, Yap Films, ITVS, Chicken & Egg Pictures,


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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Cast

Abbey Lincoln
Character: Self (archival footage)
Nina Simone
Character: Self (archival footage)
Diahann Carroll
Character: Self (archival footage)

Pam Grier
Character: Self (archival footage)
Lena Horne
Character: Self (archival footage)
Cicely Tyson
Character: Self (archival footage)


Production and Crew

Michael Kantor
Executive Producer
Alicia Keys
Executive Producer

Lacey Schwartz Delgado
Executive Producer
Mehret Mandefro
Executive Producer
Elliott Halpern
Executive Producer

Elizabeth Trojian
Executive Producer