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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, the masterful work of the DP [Director of Photography] Kevin McKnight and his crew, and the layers and depths each actor goes to to ensure we the audience feel a human connection to these characters led me to sign my name on the dotted line.
  • 4 years ago



    Tags : Aisha Hinds Quotes , Photography Quotes , Character Quotes
  • There will be a wealth of facts revealed and revisited in [Underground] pertaining to Harriet Tubman. 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.
  • 4 years ago



    Tags : Aisha Hinds Quotes , Hero Quotes , Book Quotes
  • One of the first memories I have was watching Whoopi Goldberg perform her one-woman show on Broadway on HBO. 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.
  • 4 years ago



    Tags : Aisha Hinds Quotes , Memories Quotes , Character Quotes
  • [Harriet Tubman] spoke passionately about her parents, her friends, shared stories about her childhood - 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, 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.
  • 4 years ago



    Tags : Aisha Hinds Quotes , Strong Quotes , Powerful Quotes
  • Thank God for Canada! In the context of this narrative [in Underground] and beyond, 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."
  • 4 years ago



    Tags : Aisha Hinds Quotes , Thank God Quotes , Canada Quotes
  • It was also incredibly serendipitous that I would later learn I shared a birthday with Whoop [Goldberg ]. 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.
  • 4 years ago



    Tags : Aisha Hinds Quotes , Art Quotes , New York Quotes
  • 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.
  • 4 years ago



    Tags : Aisha Hinds Quotes , Moving Quotes , Journey Quotes
  • Harriet Tubman didn't have strategy meetings or a movement behind her, she was the movement, 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, one or the other she was going to have by any means necessary.
  • 4 years ago



    Tags : Aisha Hinds Quotes , Tired Quotes , Mean Quotes
  • I became an instant fan of the show [Underground] seconds into the opening frames of the pilot. When that drone shot carried us through the main house with Rosalie, played so unflinchingly-brilliantly by Jurnee Smollett Bell, I signed on for the ride.
  • 4 years ago



    Tags : Aisha Hinds Quotes , House Quotes , Drones Quotes