Understanding that what it is that you’re doing isn’t limited to the roles and the rejection, it’s bigger than that, it’s about your purpose in life.
AISHA HINDSHarriet Tubman didn’t have strategy meetings or a movement behind her, she was the movement.
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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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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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She was inspired by being sick and tired of the injustice she was experiencing and she knew she had a right to liberty or death.
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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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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.
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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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[I want to be remembered] as a small piece of the puzzle sent here to serve a bigger picture.
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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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I had praying grandmothers who bathed me in “The Word” and filled the atmosphere with worship.
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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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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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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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I became an instant fan of the show [Underground] seconds into the opening frames of the pilot.
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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.
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I walked away from the craft because I wanted to know that this is what I was supposed to do with my life.
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