[Harriet Tubman] spoke passionately about her parents, her friends, shared stories about her childhood.
AISHA HINDSHarriet Tubman didn’t have strategy meetings or a movement behind her, she was the movement.
More Aisha Hinds Quotes
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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.
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The dark of my eyes, the fullness of my lips, and coal in my complexion.
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So that when it was time to shoot I could hopefully exhale [ Harriet Tubman ].
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I had praying grandmothers who bathed me in “The Word” and filled the atmosphere with worship.
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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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As well as the one of the baddest women to literally ever walk the land. I surrendered to her spirit.
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There will be a wealth of facts revealed and revisited in [Underground] pertaining to Harriet Tubman.
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The real truth is that [Harriet Tubman ] spirit is so powerful that it consumes you.
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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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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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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.
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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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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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Thank God for Canada! In the context of this narrative [in Underground] and beyond.
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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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