[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.
AISHA HINDSThat 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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[Harriet Tubman] spoke passionately about her parents, her friends, shared stories about her childhood.
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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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An opportunity to honor the legacy of the lives drawn into the lines in my face, the broad of my nose.
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Though I developed my own personal spiritual relationship later in life, the foundation they laid is what my faith was built upon.
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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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So that when it was time to shoot I could hopefully exhale [ Harriet Tubman ].
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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 felt validated and valued , and here was this woman [Whoopi Goldberg ] inside my television screen who gave me a voice.
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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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I did my homework, of course, by inhaling as much literature as was available to find.
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The real truth is that [Harriet Tubman ] spirit is so powerful that it consumes you.
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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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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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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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