How It Feels to Be Free
How Six African-American Female Performers Challenged the Entertainment Industry
120 mins
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.
Ruth Feldstein
Writer
Elliott Halpern
Executive Producer
Elizabeth Trojian
Executive Producer
Michael Kantor
Executive Producer