An opportunity to honor the legacy of the lives drawn into the lines in my face, the broad of my nose.
AISHA HINDSIt was also incredibly serendipitous that I would later learn I shared a birthday with Whoop [Goldberg ].
More Aisha Hinds Quotes
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Harriet Tubman is the perpetuation of a “Super Soul Sunday” every day.
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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] spoke passionately about her parents, her friends, shared stories about her childhood.
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Thank God for Canada! In the context of this narrative [in Underground] and beyond.
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One or the other she was going to have by any means necessary.
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I almost believe that Harriet Tubman asked God for a leave like, “I’m gonna need to go back down there and take care of some things. They’re in trouble.”
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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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Harriet Tubman didn’t have strategy meetings or a movement behind her, she was the movement.
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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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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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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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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] 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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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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I was literally reduced to basic breath and blinks while she inhabited my vessel and told her story through me.
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