How It Feels to Be Free (2021)

January. 18,2021

8.1

| Documentary

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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Cast

Abbey Lincoln as Self (archival footage)

[2021] Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) [2021] How It Feels to Be Free [1968] For Love of Ivy

Nina Simone as Self (archival footage)

[2022] Why Is We Americans? [2021] How It Feels to Be Free [2021] Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) [2015] What Happened, Miss Simone? [2015] The Amazing Nina Simone [2008] Nina Simone: Live in '65 & '68

Diahann Carroll as Self (archival footage)

[2021] How It Feels to Be Free [2018] The Little Mermaid [2016] The Masked Saint [2013] Peeples [2012] Sing Your Song [2010] At Risk

Reviews

Perry Kate

2021/01/18

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Sexyloutak

2021/01/19

Absolutely the worst movie.

Odelecol

2021/01/20

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

ThedevilChoose

2021/01/21

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.