How It Feels to Be Free

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.

Documentary

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))