[Harriet Tubman] is a legend, an icon, a soldier on the side of justice, a spiritual warrior, and a servant of God.
AISHA HINDSLearning 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.
More Aisha Hinds Quotes
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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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I became an instant fan of the show [Underground] seconds into the opening frames of the pilot.
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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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I did my homework, of course, by inhaling as much literature as was available to find.
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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.
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Harriet Tubman didn’t have strategy meetings or a movement behind her, she was the movement.
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We’re living in a time where we all got to stay woke !
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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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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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[I want to be remembered] as a small piece of the puzzle sent here to serve a bigger picture.
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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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The dark of my eyes, the fullness of my lips, and coal in my complexion.
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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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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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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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