Free to Be… You and Me

Mar 11, 1974

0h 48m

★ 6.7

Overview

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.

Genres

Animation

Family

TV Movie

Documentary

Production Companies

Fred Wolf Films

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Cast

Self - Host

Marlo Thomas

Self

Alan Alda

Self

Harry Belafonte

Baby Boy (voice)

Mel Brooks

Self

Rita Coolidge

The Principal (voice)

Billy De Wolfe

Self / Young Girl

Roberta Flack

Self

Rosey Grier

Self / Young Boy

Michael Jackson

Self

Kris Kristofferson

Dudley Pippin (voice)

Bobby Morse

Self

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