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.
AISHA HINDSI had praying grandmothers who bathed me in “The Word” and filled the atmosphere with worship.
More Aisha Hinds Quotes
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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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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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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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Very early on in this process though I studied acting in high school and college, soon after graduation,
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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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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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The second season of Underground does explore Canada’s role in providing a welcoming place for the thousands who were in danger of being captured and returned to their owners, and those who escaped by way of rerouting beyond the American borders.
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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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Thank God for Canada! In the context of this narrative [in Underground] and beyond.
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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 real truth is that [Harriet Tubman ] spirit is so powerful that it consumes you.
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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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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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One of the first memories I have was watching Whoopi Goldberg perform her one-woman show on Broadway on HBO.
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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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