How It Feels To Be Free
AMERICAN MASTERS FILM
How It Feels To Be Free (Jan 2021)
Directed by Yoruba Richen
How It Feels To Be Free Features
How It Feels To Be Free filmmakers’ statement
Essay: Black entertainers are still longing for equity in entertainment
Clip | Why Cicely Tyson was selective about her acting roles
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
Clip | Book excerpt from “How It Feels to Be Free: Black Women Entertainers and the Civil Rights Movement”
Nina Simone biographical timeline
The story behind Nina Simone’s protest song, “Mississippi Goddam”
Clip | Lena Waithe on mixed feelings towards Blaxploitation