It was an amazing hour of television- Aisha Hinds masterfully spent an hour bringing Harriet Tubman alive. It is often hard to visualize historical events that took place in the pre-motion pictures world. Even after it was possible to record still photography, historical figures often looked stern and unsympathetic in pictures due to the lengthy picture taking process.
When Underground chose to take the risky step of featuring an entire hour of just Ms. Hinds speaking at an audience, much like the real Harriet Tubman did to raise funds for her clandestine heroic missions, it probably faced a ton of doubters. Luckily for us, they still went ahead and did it. Aisha brought Harriet alive in a way we've never seen before. As a result, she became a living, breathing hero and not just a frozen in time enigma. Is it too early to start talking about an Emmy for Ms. Hinds?
