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How It Feels To Be Free

Season 35 Episode 1 | 1hr 53m 19s

A documentary that tells the inspiring story of how six iconic African American women 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.

Aired: 01/17/21 | Expires: 01/17/25
Support for American Masters is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, AARP, Rosalind P. Walter Foundation, Judith and Burton Resnick, Blanche and Hayward Cirker Charitable Lead Annuity Trust, Koo and Patricia Yuen, Lillian Goldman Programming Endowment, Seton J. Melvin, Thea Petschek Iervolino Foundation, Anita and Jay Kaufman, The Philip and Janice Levin Foundation, Kate W. Cassidy Foundation, The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation, The Ambrose Monell Foundation, Ellen and James S. Marcus, The Charina Endowment Fund, The Marc Haas Foundation and public television viewers.
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Marcella Hazan introduced classic Italian ingredients to America, including extra virgin olive oil.
Marcella Hazan wrote “The Classic Italian Cook Book” with her husband Victor translating.
Discover how Marcella Hazan became a teacher.
Watch chef April Bloomfield make Marcella Hazan’s tomato sauce with onion and butter.
Writer Giuliano Hazan demonstrates his mother's meatballs and tomatoes.
Contains EAD. Discover how cookbook writer Marcella Hazan shaped Italian cuisine in America.
Contains ASL. Discover how cookbook writer Marcella Hazan shaped Italian cuisine in America.
Follow furniture maker and conceptual artist Norman Teague as he prepares for a solo exhibition.