I think we’re in a time that calls for that level of courage, that level of resolve.
AISHA HINDSI think we’re in a time that calls for that level of courage, that level of resolve.
AISHA HINDSThe 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.
AISHA HINDSThe real truth is that [Harriet Tubman ] spirit is so powerful that it consumes you.
AISHA HINDSLearning about all these elements and aspects of her was mind-blowing and educational for me as a woman because I have to sometimes remind people that have known me for years.
AISHA HINDSBut truthfully, we have so many stories, lives and subjects to explore that I’d love to keep pushing towards new knowledge.
AISHA HINDSThere will be a wealth of facts revealed and revisited in [Underground] pertaining to Harriet Tubman.
AISHA HINDSI had praying grandmothers who bathed me in “The Word” and filled the atmosphere with worship.
AISHA HINDSThat 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.
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.
AISHA HINDSShe was inspired by being sick and tired of the injustice she was experiencing and she knew she had a right to liberty or death.
AISHA HINDS[I want to be remembered] as a small piece of the puzzle sent here to serve a bigger picture.
AISHA HINDSI felt validated and valued , and here was this woman [Whoopi Goldberg ] inside my television screen who gave me a voice.
AISHA HINDSI walked away from the craft because I wanted to know that this is what I was supposed to do with my life.
AISHA HINDSVery early on in this process though I studied acting in high school and college, soon after graduation,
AISHA HINDSRosa Parks was primed, she had the Civil Rights Movement behind her, she didn’t just decide to sit on the bus, it was strategic.
AISHA HINDSHarriet Tubman didn’t have strategy meetings or a movement behind her, she was the movement.
AISHA HINDS