One of the first memories I have was watching Whoopi Goldberg perform her one-woman show on Broadway on HBO.
AISHA HINDSI became an instant fan of the show [Underground] seconds into the opening frames of the pilot.
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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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Harriet Tubman didn’t have strategy meetings or a movement behind her, she was the movement.
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[Harriet Tubman] spoke passionately about her parents, her friends, shared stories about her childhood.
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There will be a wealth of facts revealed and revisited in [Underground] pertaining to Harriet Tubman.
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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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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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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 went on to be inspired by many other artists and forms of art, and was soon directed to a place that would help harness my experiences and develop my voice within the craft, LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts in New York City.
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The show [Shots Fired] is an autopsy of our criminal justice system.
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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 did my homework, of course, by inhaling as much literature as was available to find.
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One or the other she was going to have by any means necessary.
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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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The real truth is that [Harriet Tubman ] spirit is so powerful that it consumes you.
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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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I walked away from the craft because I wanted to know that this is what I was supposed to do with my life.
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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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Very early on in this process though I studied acting in high school and college, soon after graduation,
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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 am indebted to [my grandmothers] always for cradling me in the heart of Christ and encouraging my passion to press towards the mark of the high calling on my life, wherever that takes me.
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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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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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It was also incredibly serendipitous that I would later learn I shared a birthday with Whoop [Goldberg ].
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We’re living in a time where we all got to stay woke !
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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.
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A space where the conversation surrounding the issues in our country is offering a seat at the table to all the voices to be heard, a murder mystery, and grassroots look at our own humanity as we move through the parts and pieces of the story.
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