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.
AISHA HINDSThough I developed my own personal spiritual relationship later in life, the foundation they laid is what my faith was built upon.
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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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[Harriet Tubman] lived such a full, complex, and irrefutably-dynamic life that all the craft in the world would be insufficient in honoring her legacy.
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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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Once the Fugitive Slave Act took effect, the Northern states were no longer safe for those who managed to escape from being enslaved.
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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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As well as the one of the baddest women to literally ever walk the land. I surrendered to her spirit.
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She 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.
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We’re living in a time where we all got to stay woke !
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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 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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[Harriet Tubman] spoke passionately about her parents, her friends, shared stories about her childhood.
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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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The dark of my eyes, the fullness of my lips, and coal in my complexion.
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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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So that when it was time to shoot I could hopefully exhale [ Harriet Tubman ].
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