It’s no mistake that Harriet Tubman is revisiting us, in different forms, right now, as we travel through a very contentious time in the world.
AISHA HINDSStudy 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.
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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I did my homework, of course, by inhaling as much literature as was available to find.
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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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There will be a wealth of facts revealed and revisited in [Underground] pertaining to Harriet Tubman.
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I had praying grandmothers who bathed me in “The Word” and filled the atmosphere with worship.
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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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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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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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Very early on in this process though I studied acting in high school and college, soon after graduation,
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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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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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Thank God for Canada! In the context of this narrative [in Underground] and beyond.
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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 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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