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I was literally reduced to basic breath and blinks while she inhabited my vessel and told her story through me.

Aisha Hinds

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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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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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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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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[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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Complex Craft Dynamic Legacy Life World
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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[Harriet Tubman] is a legend, an icon, a soldier on the side of justice, a spiritual warrior, and a servant of God.
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The 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.
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[I want to be remembered] as a small piece of the puzzle sent here to serve a bigger picture.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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So that when it was time to shoot I could hopefully exhale [ Harriet Tubman ].
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Learning 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.
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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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One or the other she was going to have by any means necessary.
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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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I did my homework, of course, by inhaling as much literature as was available to find.
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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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I had praying grandmothers who bathed me in “The Word” and filled the atmosphere with worship.
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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 was literally reduced to basic breath and blinks while she inhabited my vessel and told her story through me.

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