So that when it was time to shoot I could hopefully exhale [ Harriet Tubman ].
AISHA HINDS[Harriet Tubman] spoke passionately about her parents, her friends, shared stories about her childhood.
More Aisha Hinds Quotes
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The masterful work of the DP [Director of Photography] Kevin McKnight and his crew, and the layers and depths each actor goes to to ensure we the audience feel a human connection to these characters led me to sign my name on the dotted line.
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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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Canada was certainly an additional option for the many traveling the treacherous terrain of the Underground Railroad in pursuit of what was perceived as “freedom.”
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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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It’s no mistake that Harriet Tubman is revisiting us, in different forms, right now, as we travel through a very contentious time in the world.
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One of the first memories I have was watching Whoopi Goldberg perform her one-woman show on Broadway on HBO.
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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 became an instant fan of the show [Underground] seconds into the opening frames of the pilot.
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There will be a wealth of facts revealed and revisited in [Underground] pertaining to Harriet Tubman.
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I did my homework, of course, by inhaling as much literature as was available to find.
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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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Rosa Parks was primed, she had the Civil Rights Movement behind her, she didn’t just decide to sit on the bus, it was strategic.
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The dark of my eyes, the fullness of my lips, and coal in my complexion.
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I had praying grandmothers who bathed me in “The Word” and filled the atmosphere with worship.
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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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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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Thank God for Canada! In the context of this narrative [in Underground] and beyond.
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But truthfully, we have so many stories, lives and subjects to explore that I’d love to keep pushing towards new knowledge.
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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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That is a huge part of my excitement, the fact that this generation will get such a beautifully-detailed introduction to a hero and icon that has largely lived in a few pages of our history books and in one-dimensional photographs.
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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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[Harriet Tubman] spoke passionately about her parents, her friends, shared stories about her childhood.
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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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Remakes are awesome, especially when it honors yet adds a new component or dimension to the original.
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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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[Harriet Tubman] lived such a full, complex, and irrefutably-dynamic life that all the craft in the world would be insufficient in honoring her legacy.
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