Still from How It Feels To Be Free
How It Feels to Be Free
Still from How It Feels To Be Free
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Directed by

Yoruba Richen

Produced by

Elliott Halpern, Mehret Mandefro, and Lacey Schwartz Delgado

How It Feels to Be Free takes an unprecedented look at the intersection of African American women artists, politics, and entertainment and tells the story of how six trailblazing performers, Lena Horne, Abbey Lincoln, Diahann Carroll, Nina Simone, Cicely Tyson and Pam Grier, changed American culture through their films, fashion, their music and their politics.

How It Feels to Be Free was supported through Yoruba Richen’s 2016 Chicken & Egg Award.

Meet the Filmmakers
Yoruba Richen
Portrait of Yoruba Richen
Light skinned black woman with long curly hair wearing red glasses and a red jacket.
Lacey Schwartz Delgado
Photo courtesy Lacey Schwartz Delgado
Black woman with shoulder length black air at microphone smiling
Mehret Mandefro
Photo courtesy Mehret Mandefro
Kristi Jacobson looking directly ahead. She has shoulder-length hair and wears a leather jacket and scarf. Buildings are seen in the background out of focus. Black and white portrait.
Kristi Jacobson
Photo courtesy Kristi Jacobson
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