The artistry on the show [ Underground] is apparent in each episode. From the riveting writing to the purposeful and precise direction.
AISHA HINDSI 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.
More Aisha Hinds Quotes
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Harriet Tubman didn’t have strategy meetings or a movement behind her, she was the movement.
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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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One or the other she was going to have by any means necessary.
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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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Thank God for Canada! In the context of this narrative [in Underground] and beyond.
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Canada was certainly an additional option for the many traveling the treacherous terrain of the Underground Railroad in pursuit of what was perceived as “freedom.”
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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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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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As well as the one of the baddest women to literally ever walk the land. I surrendered to her spirit.
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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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The show [Shots Fired] is an autopsy of our criminal justice system.
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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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You know, to be completely disgusted with injustice to the point that you will have to take some huge leaps of faith. And it may take one person leading many.
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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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