How It Feels to Be Free

Tagline: How Six African-American Female Performers Challenged the Entertainment Industry

Release Date: 2021-01-18

Duration: 120 minutes

Synopsis

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.