One of the first memories I have was watching Whoopi Goldberg perform her one-woman show on Broadway on HBO.
AISHA HINDSI think we’re in a time that calls for that level of courage, that level of resolve.
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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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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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Her spirit is one that we absolutely need today, as we face odds that are akin to the divisive and systemic oppression that we read about in our history books, but it’s taken on a modern-day articulation of itself.
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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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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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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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Thank God for Canada! In the context of this narrative [in Underground] and beyond.
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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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As well as the one of the baddest women to literally ever walk the land. I surrendered to her spirit.
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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 had praying grandmothers who bathed me in “The Word” and filled the atmosphere with worship.
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It’s no mistake that Harriet Tubman is revisiting us, in different forms, right now, as we travel through a very contentious time in the world.
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[Harriet Tubman] spoke passionately about her parents, her friends, shared stories about her childhood.
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The real truth is that [Harriet Tubman ] spirit is so powerful that it consumes you.
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