How It Feels to Be Free

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 120 min
  • Premiere: 2021. January 18.

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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Abbey Lincoln

Self (archival footage)

Nina Simone

Self (archival footage)

Diahann Carroll

Self (archival footage)

Pam Grier

Self (archival footage)

Lena Horne

Self (archival footage)

Cicely Tyson

Self (archival footage)

Directing

Yoruba Richen

Director

Production

Lacey Schwartz Delgado

Executive Producer

Elliott Halpern

Executive Producer

Alicia Keys

Executive Producer

Elizabeth Trojian

Executive Producer

Mehret Mandefro

Executive Producer

Michael Kantor

Executive Producer

Writing

Directing

Yoruba Richen

Director

Production

Lacey Schwartz Delgado

Executive Producer

Elliott Halpern

Executive Producer

Alicia Keys

Executive Producer

Elizabeth Trojian

Executive Producer

Mehret Mandefro

Executive Producer

Michael Kantor

Executive Producer

Writing