How It Feels to Be Free
“How Six African-American Female Performers Challenged the Entertainment Industry”
0.020212h 0mEN
Directed by Yoruba Richen
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.
