She moved seamlessly through an array of spirited and soul-stirring characters, each one holding a mirror up to me and allowing me in many ways to see a reflection of myself on screen.
AISHA HINDS[I want to be remembered] as a small piece of the puzzle sent here to serve a bigger picture.
More Aisha Hinds Quotes
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I felt validated and valued , and here was this woman [Whoopi Goldberg ] inside my television screen who gave me a voice.
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The show [Shots Fired] is an autopsy of our criminal justice system.
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The second season of Underground does explore Canada’s role in providing a welcoming place for the thousands who were in danger of being captured and returned to their owners, and those who escaped by way of rerouting beyond the American borders.
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[Harriet Tubman] is a legend, an icon, a soldier on the side of justice, a spiritual warrior, and a servant of God.
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I walked away from the craft because I wanted to know that this is what I was supposed to do with my life.
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The artistry on the show [ Underground] is apparent in each episode. From the riveting writing to the purposeful and precise direction.
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Understanding that what it is that you’re doing isn’t limited to the roles and the rejection, it’s bigger than that, it’s about your purpose in life.
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Remakes are awesome, especially when it honors yet adds a new component or dimension to the original.
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There will be a wealth of facts revealed and revisited in [Underground] pertaining to Harriet Tubman.
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You know, to be completely disgusted with injustice to the point that you will have to take some huge leaps of faith. And it may take one person leading many.
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We’re living in a time where we all got to stay woke !
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Very early on in this process though I studied acting in high school and college, soon after graduation,
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When you understand the purpose [of life], then you can deal and journey through the obstacles, the rejections, the stops and starts, highs-and-lows with a different lens because you know that you’re moving in what you’re supposed to do.
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I think we’re in a time that calls for that level of courage, that level of resolve.
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It was also incredibly serendipitous that I would later learn I shared a birthday with Whoop [Goldberg ].
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I was literally reduced to basic breath and blinks while she inhabited my vessel and told her story through me.
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Learning about all these elements and aspects of her was mind-blowing and educational for me as a woman because I have to sometimes remind people that have known me for years.
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She was inspired by being sick and tired of the injustice she was experiencing and she knew she had a right to liberty or death.
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Learning about her and the layers of her helps you to see that the same woman who holds a gun and an axe felt feelings for a man.
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[Harriet Tubman] spoke passionately about her parents, her friends, shared stories about her childhood.
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I went on to be inspired by many other artists and forms of art, and was soon directed to a place that would help harness my experiences and develop my voice within the craft, LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts in New York City.
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Her spirit is one that we absolutely need today, as we face odds that are akin to the divisive and systemic oppression that we read about in our history books, but it’s taken on a modern-day articulation of itself.
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A space where the conversation surrounding the issues in our country is offering a seat at the table to all the voices to be heard, a murder mystery, and grassroots look at our own humanity as we move through the parts and pieces of the story.
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When that drone shot carried us through the main house with Rosalie, played so unflinchingly-brilliantly by Jurnee Smollett Bell, I signed on for the ride.
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Study and know that we are always a student of the craft well after we’ve completed any course of study… and approach the work as a servant, not a star.
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I became an instant fan of the show [Underground] seconds into the opening frames of the pilot.
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