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.
AISHA HINDSI did my homework, of course, by inhaling as much literature as was available to find.
More Aisha Hinds Quotes
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I had praying grandmothers who bathed me in “The Word” and filled the atmosphere with worship.
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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 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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Very early on in this process though I studied acting in high school and college, soon after graduation,
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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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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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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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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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Thank God for Canada! In the context of this narrative [in Underground] and beyond.
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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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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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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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So that when it was time to shoot I could hopefully exhale [ Harriet Tubman ].
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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 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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