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.
AISHA HINDSOne or the other she was going to have by any means necessary.
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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 had praying grandmothers who bathed me in “The Word” and filled the atmosphere with worship.
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The dark of my eyes, the fullness of my lips, and coal in my complexion.
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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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That is a huge part of my excitement, the fact that this generation will get such a beautifully-detailed introduction to a hero and icon that has largely lived in a few pages of our history books and in one-dimensional photographs.
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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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As well as the one of the baddest women to literally ever walk the land. I surrendered to her spirit.
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Learning about all these elements and aspects of her was mind-blowing and educational for me as a woman because I have to sometimes remind people that have known me for years.
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Thank God for Canada! In the context of this narrative [in Underground] and beyond.
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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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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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There will be a wealth of facts revealed and revisited in [Underground] pertaining to Harriet Tubman.
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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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I was literally reduced to basic breath and blinks while she inhabited my vessel and told her story through me.
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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 want to be remembered] as a small piece of the puzzle sent here to serve a bigger picture.
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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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But truthfully, we have so many stories, lives and subjects to explore that I’d love to keep pushing towards new knowledge.
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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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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 felt validated and valued , and here was this woman [Whoopi Goldberg ] inside my television screen who gave me a voice.
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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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So that when it was time to shoot I could hopefully exhale [ Harriet Tubman ].
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The show [Shots Fired] is an autopsy of our criminal justice system.
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Harriet Tubman is the perpetuation of a “Super Soul Sunday” every day.
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