Harriet Tubman didn’t have strategy meetings or a movement behind her, she was the movement.
AISHA HINDSI felt validated and valued , and here was this woman [Whoopi Goldberg ] inside my television screen who gave me a voice.
More Aisha Hinds Quotes
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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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I did my homework, of course, by inhaling as much literature as was available to find.
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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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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 felt validated and valued , and here was this woman [Whoopi Goldberg ] inside my television screen who gave me a voice.
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Thank God for Canada! In the context of this narrative [in Underground] and beyond.
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There will be a wealth of facts revealed and revisited in [Underground] pertaining to Harriet Tubman.
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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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We’re living in a time where we all got to stay woke !
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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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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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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 artistry on the show [ Underground] is apparent in each episode. From the riveting writing to the purposeful and precise direction.
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Harriet Tubman is the perpetuation of a “Super Soul Sunday” every day.
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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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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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I think we’re in a time that calls for that level of courage, that level of resolve.
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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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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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I had praying grandmothers who bathed me in “The Word” and filled the atmosphere with worship.
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So that when it was time to shoot I could hopefully exhale [ Harriet Tubman ].
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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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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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The dark of my eyes, the fullness of my lips, and coal in my complexion.
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[Harriet Tubman] is a legend, an icon, a soldier on the side of justice, a spiritual warrior, and a servant of God.
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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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