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How It Feels To Be Free

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How It Feels To Be Free (Jan 2021)Directed by Yoruba Richen

Written Features

American Masters celebrates NAACP Image Award nominations

How It Feels To Be Free filmmakers’ statement

Portrait of Academy Award winning American actress Cicely Tyson smiling and raising her arms in the air during a visit to London, February 19th 1973.

Essay: Black entertainers are still longing for equity in entertainment

Full-length portrait of American vocalist Nina Simone (1933 - 2003) sitting cross-legged with a serious expression.

How Nina Simone reinvented herself after a rejection from classical music conservatory

A professional song selector shares 15 songs of Black women’s empowerment and freedom

Essay: The image makers are always consequential

Abbey Lincoln biographical timeline

Pam Grier biographical timeline

Cicely Tyson biographical timeline

Diahann Carroll biographical timeline

5 ways Lena Horne revolutionized the entertainment industry

Nina Simone reclining on the floor circa 1968.

Nina Simone biographical timeline

The story behind Nina Simone’s protest song, “Mississippi Goddam”

Lena Horne poses in a sequined gown.

Lena Horne biographical timeline

Video Features

How It Feels To Be Free -- Why Cicely Tyson was selective about her acting roles

How It Feels To Be Free -- The role of women entertainers in the civil rights movement

How It Feels To Be Free -- Lena Waithe on mixed feelings towards Blaxploitation

How It Feels To Be Free -- Alicia Keys doesn’t mind being compared to Lena Horne

How It Feels To Be Free -- Diahann Carroll talks race and makeup while filming "Julia"

How It Feels To Be Free -- Lena Waithe on why Cicely Tyson's hair was revolutionary

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