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.
AISHA HINDSRosa Parks was primed, she had the Civil Rights Movement behind her, she didn’t just decide to sit on the bus, it was strategic.
More Aisha Hinds Quotes
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So that when it was time to shoot I could hopefully exhale [ Harriet Tubman ].
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Thank God for Canada! In the context of this narrative [in Underground] and beyond.
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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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I did my homework, of course, by inhaling as much literature as was available to find.
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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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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 felt validated and valued , and here was this woman [Whoopi Goldberg ] inside my television screen who gave me a voice.
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The real truth is that [Harriet Tubman ] spirit is so powerful that it consumes you.
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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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[I want to be remembered] as a small piece of the puzzle sent here to serve a bigger picture.
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One or the other she was going to have by any means necessary.
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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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Remakes are awesome, especially when it honors yet adds a new component or dimension to the original.
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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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Harriet Tubman is the perpetuation of a “Super Soul Sunday” every day.
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