An opportunity to honor the legacy of the lives drawn into the lines in my face, the broad of my nose.
AISHA HINDSShe 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.
More Aisha Hinds Quotes
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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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One or the other she was going to have by any means necessary.
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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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I had praying grandmothers who bathed me in “The Word” and filled the atmosphere with worship.
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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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I did my homework, of course, by inhaling as much literature as was available to find.
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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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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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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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One of the first memories I have was watching Whoopi Goldberg perform her one-woman show on Broadway on HBO.
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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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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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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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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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