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How Six African-American Female Performers Challenged the Entertainment Industry

How It Feels to Be Free (2021)

January 18, 20212hEN
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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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Original Language

English

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