Harriet Tubman didn’t have strategy meetings or a movement behind her, she was the movement.
AISHA HINDSOne of the first memories I have was watching Whoopi Goldberg perform her one-woman show on Broadway on HBO.
More Aisha Hinds Quotes
-
-
Very early on in this process though I studied acting in high school and college, soon after graduation,
AISHA HINDS -
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.”
AISHA HINDS -
There will be a wealth of facts revealed and revisited in [Underground] pertaining to Harriet Tubman.
AISHA HINDS -
We’re living in a time where we all got to stay woke !
AISHA HINDS -
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.
AISHA HINDS -
[Harriet Tubman] is a legend, an icon, a soldier on the side of justice, a spiritual warrior, and a servant of God.
AISHA HINDS -
I had praying grandmothers who bathed me in “The Word” and filled the atmosphere with worship.
AISHA HINDS -
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.
AISHA HINDS -
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.
AISHA HINDS -
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.
AISHA HINDS -
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.
AISHA HINDS -
It was also incredibly serendipitous that I would later learn I shared a birthday with Whoop [Goldberg ].
AISHA HINDS -
The real truth is that [Harriet Tubman ] spirit is so powerful that it consumes you.
AISHA HINDS -
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.
AISHA HINDS -
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.
AISHA HINDS