It was also incredibly serendipitous that I would later learn I shared a birthday with Whoop [Goldberg ].
AISHA HINDSThe real truth is that [Harriet Tubman ] spirit is so powerful that it consumes you.
More Aisha Hinds Quotes
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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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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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The artistry on the show [ Underground] is apparent in each episode. From the riveting writing to the purposeful and precise direction.
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We’re living in a time where we all got to stay woke !
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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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That 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.
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So that when it was time to shoot I could hopefully exhale [ Harriet Tubman ].
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The real truth is that [Harriet Tubman ] spirit is so powerful that it consumes you.
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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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The dark of my eyes, the fullness of my lips, and coal in my complexion.
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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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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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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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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 is the perpetuation of a “Super Soul Sunday” every day.
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I walked away from the craft because I wanted to know that this is what I was supposed to do with my life.
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I had praying grandmothers who bathed me in “The Word” and filled the atmosphere with worship.
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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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When you understand the purpose [of life], then you can deal and journey through the obstacles, the rejections, the stops and starts, highs-and-lows with a different lens because you know that you’re moving in what you’re supposed to do.
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It’s no mistake that Harriet Tubman is revisiting us, in different forms, right now, as we travel through a very contentious time in the world.
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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 felt validated and valued , and here was this woman [Whoopi Goldberg ] inside my television screen who gave me a voice.
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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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The show [Shots Fired] is an autopsy of our criminal justice system.
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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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I became an instant fan of the show [Underground] seconds into the opening frames of the pilot.
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