Free to Be… You and Me
Movie - 48mins
Free to Be…You and Me, a project of the Ms. Foundation for Women, is a record album, and illustrated book first released in November 1972, featuring songs and stories from many current celebrities of the day (credited as "Marlo Thomas and Friends") such as Alan Alda, Rosey Grier, Cicely Tyson, Carol Channing, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross, among others. An ABC Afterschool Special using poetry, songs, and sketches, followed two years later in March 1974. The basic concept is to encourage a post-60's gender neutrality, while saluting values such as individuality, tolerance, and happiness with one's identity. A major thematic message is that anyone, whether a boy or a girl, can achieve anything.
Cast:
June
Angela
Carol
Channing
Rafer
Johnson
Ron
Marshall
Diana
Sands
Marlo
Thomas
Alan
Alda
Harry
Belafonte
Mel
Brooks
Rita
Coolidge
Billy
De
Roberta
Flack
Rosey
Grier
Michael
Jackson
Kris
Kristofferson
Bobby
Morse
Tom
Smothers
Cicely
Tyson
Dionne
Warwick
Peter
DuPre
Stuart
Pankin
Dustin
Hoffman
June
Angela
Carol
Channing
Rafer
Johnson
Ron
Marshall
Diana
Sands
Marlo
Thomas
Alan
Alda
Harry
Belafonte
Mel
Brooks
Rita
Coolidge