[Harriet Tubman] is a legend, an icon, a soldier on the side of justice, a spiritual warrior, and a servant of God.
AISHA HINDSThank God for Canada! In the context of this narrative [in Underground] and beyond.
More Aisha Hinds Quotes
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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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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 dark of my eyes, the fullness of my lips, and coal in my complexion.
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The show [Shots Fired] is an autopsy of our criminal justice system.
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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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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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Once the Fugitive Slave Act took effect, the Northern states were no longer safe for those who managed to escape from being enslaved.
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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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[I want to be remembered] as a small piece of the puzzle sent here to serve a bigger picture.
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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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So that when it was time to shoot I could hopefully exhale [ Harriet Tubman ].
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I am indebted to [my grandmothers] always for cradling me in the heart of Christ and encouraging my passion to press towards the mark of the high calling on my life, wherever that takes me.
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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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[Harriet Tubman] spoke passionately about her parents, her friends, shared stories about her childhood.
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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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