I did my homework, of course, by inhaling as much literature as was available to find.
AISHA HINDSHarriet Tubman is the perpetuation of a “Super Soul Sunday” every day.
More Aisha Hinds Quotes
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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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One of the first memories I have was watching Whoopi Goldberg perform her one-woman show on Broadway on HBO.
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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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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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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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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 think we’re in a time that calls for that level of courage, that level of resolve.
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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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[I want to be remembered] as a small piece of the puzzle sent here to serve a bigger picture.
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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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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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Even in past relationships, that I’m still a woman, I still have vulnerabilities even though my aesthetic feels strong, powerful and full of all of the wisdom in the world, I’m still growing and becoming.
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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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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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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.
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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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[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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Remakes are awesome, especially when it honors yet adds a new component or dimension to the original.
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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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Harriet Tubman didn’t have strategy meetings or a movement behind her, she was the movement.
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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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We’re living in a time where we all got to stay woke !
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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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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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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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