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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More Aisha Hinds Quotes
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Harriet Tubman is the perpetuation of a “Super Soul Sunday” every day.
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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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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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So that when it was time to shoot I could hopefully exhale [ Harriet Tubman ].
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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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I did my homework, of course, by inhaling as much literature as was available to find.
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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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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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One of the first memories I have was watching Whoopi Goldberg perform her one-woman show on Broadway on HBO.
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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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[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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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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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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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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The real truth is that [Harriet Tubman ] spirit is so powerful that it consumes you.
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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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As well as the one of the baddest women to literally ever walk the land. I surrendered to her spirit.
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One or the other she was going to have by any means necessary.
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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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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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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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I became an instant fan of the show [Underground] seconds into the opening frames of the pilot.
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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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Remakes are awesome, especially when it honors yet adds a new component or dimension to the original.
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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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