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Directors: Yoruba Richen Actors:
Abbey Lincoln Nina Simone Diahann Carroll Pam Grier Lena Horne Cicely Tyson

How It Feels to Be Free 2021

120 minutes

'How Six African-American Female Performers Challenged the Entertainment Industry'

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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