How It Feels to Be Free (2021)

Abbey Lincoln as Self (archival footage) Died 2010 · Chicago, Illinois, USA Anna Marie Wooldridge, known professionally as Abbey Lincoln, was an American jazz vocalist, songwriter, and actress. She was a civil rights activist beginning in the 1960s. Lincoln made a career not...

Nina Simone as Self (archival footage) Died 2003 · Tryon, North Carolina, USA Nina Simone (born Eunice Kathleen Waymon; February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003) was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist who worked in a broad range of musical st...

Diahann Carroll as Self (archival footage) Died 2019 · Bronx, New York, USA Diahann Carroll (born Carol Diahann Johnson; July 17, 1935 – October 4, 2019) was an American actress, singer and model. She rose to stardom in performances in some of the earliest major studio films...

Pam Grier as Self (archival footage) Age 76 · Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA Pamela Suzette Grier (born May 26, 1949) is an American actress. Described by director Quentin Tarantino as cinema's first female action star, she achieved fame for her starring roles in a string of 1...

Lena Horne as Self (archival footage) Died 2010 · Brooklyn, New York, USA Lena Horne (June 30, 1917 - May 9, 2010) was a singer, dancer, actress, and civil rights activist. Horne joined the chorus of the Cotton Club at the age of sixteen and became a nightclub performer be...

Cicely Tyson as Self (archival footage) Died 2021 · New York City, New York, USA Cicely Louise Tyson (December 19, 1924 – January 28, 2021) was an American actress. In a career which spanned more than seven decades in film, television and theatre, she became known for her portraya...