'Underground' stars push back on notion that house slaves had it easier
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The wait is over. Next week the highly anticipated slave series Underground debuts on WGN America.
The drama takes center stage as plantation slaves band together in the fight of their lives for their families, their future … and most importantly, their freedom.
Hailing from Sony Pictures Television and Tribune Studios, Underground was filmed in Baton Rouge, LA.
Oscar-winner John Legend and his production company are in charge of the score and soundtrack for Underground.
Stars of the series Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Aldis Hodge, Adina Porter, Amirah Vann, Alano Miller and Renwick D. Scott talked with theGrio's Chris Witherspoon about the unique challenges of portraying field and house slaves.
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'Underground' stars push back on notion that house slaves had it easier
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they didn't have it easier, they had it different.
They did have it easier and it was different.
Sometimes worse
Jackie Burns no it wasn’t worse.
No worse, read Harriet Jacobs. Being tortured /harrassed 24 /7 . You can be abused/mistreated anywhere by sadistic people. In the house they had access to you 24 hours easily.
@@TheRTM It was actually for many. You can be tortured in many ways inside or working outside.
I did say that I was tired of slave movies and tv shows but Underground seems ground breaking more from the perspective of freedom fighters with natural God given dignity and courage.
i said the same thing, that i was tired of it all but in going to watch this!
I feel the same
yes!!!
Say you're tired of white people telling our story. Black people have every right to make films and tv shows about slavery.
Thats because all slaves didn't comply, unlike what the pink booty heathens tell us. you know how we are!
I love listening to Amirah talk. So intelligent and beautiful. I hope she becomes HUGE amazing actress she deserves it.
+Melanie Ariel Ever since her "We changed all that/Heart disease" Commercial, I knew she was going to be a star, you could see her on ABC, FOX, DISNEY, WGN, ANYWHERE, and she was going to shine.
I just started watching the series and I had to look the Underground up just to hear her voices.
This was the most outstanding, thought-provoking, engaging, relevant edutainment that I have EVER seen. I absolutely love this show and how it has given me a newfound pride in coming from such a strong ancestry. It reminds me to not take for granted the basic liberties that I enjoy like having a house full of books and being able to read. Whew. I am so grateful for this show. I pray that when my daughter is old enough to watch it, it will be available for her viewing.
i love this show and it is a shame that we are still separated by race and skin color today I'm a light skin black woman and i love my race light and dark
Wish they would BRING IT BACK. However they choose. Especially now.
I have a major crush on Aldis Hodge he is fineeeee
+Renee Sanders I agree...I love him in Underground more so than I do on Leverage his normal show. The chemistry between Noah and Rosalee made me wish I was her "Run with Me"
+ryan tabb i know right, Noah is a great leader and provider for her. I wouldn't be surprised if they had a baby during their escape on the underground
Renee Sanders me 2😜😜😜😜
Aldis is so handsome!😍😍
yes ma'am he is!
+Queens&Curls that voice though, MY GOODNESS!!!
😍😍
There's nothing like a woke handsome chocolate black man praise the lord.
Sooooooooo handsome my goodness
He IS beautiful! ! I love EVERYTHING about this series. so very proud of Jurnee, the roles she takes on are always thought provoking. it's obvious that she considers the messages she puts out. This gorgeous woman he plays Stien is absolutely captivating. The entire cast is just. .I have no words I just looooove this perspective FINALLY! !
all my thoughts exactly!
Two sides to every story. This show is amazing. It constantly breaks down assumptions. Thank you guys for the amount of complexity and education and work you put into this show. Seriously :)
Jurnee is absolutely stunning.
Fantastic series and absolutely horrific realisation that this hadn't happened all that long ago, and remnants of it still carries on today.
I sure hope next season we get to see Ernestine free! She is so crafty I would love to see what tricks she has up her sleeves that would help free slaves! She is one bad ass and I love her character!!!!
A slave was a slave. However, Ernestine answers the question as to who had a slight survival advantage. What she was willing to do to keep her son in the HOUSE not in the FIELDS? Why?
+Oh Juliana! Agree. Nothing was easier it was down to chances to survive.
+Oh Juliana! cooking dinner and being RAPED and VICIOUSLY attack for anything because of WHITES jealously of just Seeing that skin !(The wife)( the Overseer) (the visiting "well to do town folks) and (embittered "not light enough slaves.) At least you could stay away if (once work was done)U were dark!! and I rather be Beaten than Violated night after night by whomever!
+Jeneadeheayea L Granger All Slaves stood the possibility of Rape House or Field. That includes Males & Females.
Sophia LaMar that s my point SLAVERY has No advantages!!!
+Jeneadeheayea L Granger Ernestine thought it did. As does the culture now? It was a great way to cause division. Has lasted to-date.
This just made me cry, being biracial I've felt the residue and have often thought of if I was a light skin person back then
Lighter skin(in SLAVERY) just means Your Ancestors were being RAPED more...not a badge of honour except in. people who are Not allowed to "perceive their own turmoil " it was a MARK of SHAME if it was anything DARK SKIN in the following generation (in slavery) meant YOU REALLY WERE PROTECTED MUCH MORE (SOMETIMES)
J Nea G She never said it was hater! And u know it. You just wanted to say what u said. Its ok though. Because the black man u want will 9/10 choose the lighter women. So all ur hate is a waste. Its not the fault of the light skinned women that she is beautiful. She was born that way. Sorry 😁
@@jneag3159 Why are you saying light skin has to be a mark of shame? People shouldn't have to hate themselves just because you do! You have a color complex and it shows. This shit is embarrassing.
@@wonder_fullycreated89 you again? Go away, silly person. She is talking history.
@@wonder_fullycreated89 so dark skin people are ugly? You sound hateful and colorist!
Aldis is so handsome
This show keeps me on edge! !! Love it!
yes me too
Lol 10 tonight
Nikki Floridagirl can't wait
best damn show out.
yes Wednesday is my favorite night
I've seen slaves hurt, I've seen them beat and "beaten", I have seen them run and get lucky in the process.. This show is the first that highlights ingenuity and intellect . I am ever amazed and simultaneously ashamed at my shock when even the youngest character, rises above the noise of terror to out move and out think the pure evil. But.. of course that's a more accurate accounting there could be no other way ... I'm so in!
Rosalie was privileged as the masters child the only way she got away from the dogs was because she had that knowledge. There were many instances that rosalies privilege in the house. Though the mother of boo was able to read i don't remember how she learned this as a field slave.
The mother of boo was the sister of the mistress of the plantation. So she was the mistress' playmate until she was big enough to work.
@@virgiliacoriolanus5093 right, & she stole a book of hers as a child & taught herself
keep these movies going,and remind them constantly
Someone just argued me down that they had it better and ending our friendship because I refused to agree I believe it was all horrible and who are we to say what was worse? We never had to live through it and we will just divide ourselves more to keep buying into it…. It’s a shame that we as a people still push the division against each other
The first 4 episodes are so good this is a must watch for all people
The acting is superb.
Jurnee Smollett is my favorite role model I love her acting roles.
Bring the show back
alano Miller.! 😍
We need to study this movie as it pertains to how we define ourselves by skin tone within our own race. Too many times have I been told that I look nice for a dark skinned woman. It did not affect me negatively in terms of my confidence and achievements in life. However, it did cause me to rethink just how narrow the definition of beauty is within our race. The same problems exist between African Americans and Africans. We are still Stuck On Stupid!
Best TV show of 2016. Get the Emmys ready!
Love that you have a youtube page!!
Give me more underground!!!! We need our show!
YES MY HISTORY I LOVE IT~!!!!
part of your history. not all of it. most slaves came from West africa.... so that'd part of your history as well.
you know there is a new roots coming on in nc it air on the 30th
Can someone tell me why they stop the show or it's me why I can find it on tv
Shomari Williams it was cancelled
loving this show. I'm so glad it's on.....
what was the name of the song playing when they were on top the roof of the train station, it played until the end. Thanks
This is my favourite black movies l love black women on the show
Deep
I'm trying to get a movie to play. What does it mean when the message says click the link to watch full episodes?
I saw this series last year.
It had real potential, but had some flaws that made it difficult to watch.
The actors were all great and a lot of the story as well, but the use of modern day music completely took me out of the story.
The writing also fluctuated between brilliant and subpar.
I thought it was a shame it was canceled because despite its flaws it was a decent show.
I do hope a better series about the Underground railroad is made someday.
what part of florida he from?
I love all the introspection, travel back in time and seeking solace in today's society still separated by shades of color. I heard all my love too white, not white enough in France, in America, in Africa. Let go of the shackles, love you and love others. Peace and love.
It's hard to watch this but harder not to.
Great show
I CANT BELIEVE CATO WENT BACK TO HELP AND YOU ALL KILLED HIM!!!! YOU EVIL WRITERS YOU!!!! WHY?!!! I WANTED SO BAD FOR HIM TO HAVE A HAPPY ENDING AND RIGHT WHEN HE SHOWS HIS HEART YOU ALL KILL HIM!!!!! HE SHOULD HAVE TAKEN THAT MONEY AND RAN!!!!
+Jennifer Halliwell I have a feeling he's not dead.
OMG GIRL U WERE RIGHT!!!! CATO IS ALIVE!!! I CRIED WHEN I SAW HIM!!!! And Ernestine is no joke!!!
Jennifer Halliwell I know! I can't wait for season two they left us with so many questions!
LORD, that Noah is hottttt!!!
Am African, and am always saying something that other Africans find controversial, but deep down know that is true. Light skin beauty is something that has been celebrated in Africa way before white people ever stepped their feet on African land, there are age old African poems, proverbs and songs talking about light skin beauty. Not to say dark skin isn't celebrated, Africans celebrate beauty in general, but when you hear a poem or song talking beauty with reference to skin color, not skin texture, but skin color, its always in reference to light skin. People think that skin bleaching in Africa was influenced by racism and imperialism, what they don't know is that Africans had ways of lightening skin, way before they set their eyes on a white person. They used and still use herbs to lighten skin (this may not be the case in some parts of Africa), an age old trend that predates racism and imperialism. What became a problem was that white people used skin color as a measure of superiority, and indeed today in Africa (in some cases) skin lightening is influence by that narrative.
In spite of all the negativity that comes with light skin beauty, we shouldn't always see attraction to light skin as something that is perpetuated by racism or imperialism, because appreciation for light skin beauty in Africa predates racism and imperialism; just as white people see a darker shade of their skin as more attractive, people of African descent see a lighter shade of their skin as more attractive, its all part of human nature.
According to scientific research, people who may be considered as "beautiful" are treated better than those who may be considered as average or unattractive consciously and subconsciously. So if a light skin person of African descent is treated better than others, its shouldn't always be tied to racism or imperialism (which might be true in some cases), it might just be human nature.
Where did you get your information?
@@stanjones7054 he didnt. He made it up
"Light skin beauty is something that has been celebrated in Africa way before white people ever stepped their feet on African land"
This is bullshit! I am african and there is was nothing like that at all within my culture or even my country.
Were talking about america not africa btw yall are bleaching yalls own skin how is that lightskin people fault we cant help how things played out yall are just cry babies at thus point
Jurnee is so beautiful💕and such a good actress
"Castillo" 😂
IMPECCABLE SERIES 🔥🔥🔥
Where was the spoiler alert?!?!?!
Give me season 3
why is it I always want TV loves to fall in love in real life!? smh! they are so friggin cute together #IknowSheIsAlreadyTaken all I'm saying is #HeFine #ItsJustUs #LastEpisode #LoveScene #chemistryOnFleek
I definitely would have rather been a house slave though. I’m just being honest. Those lashings when you don’t meet the daily requirement would’ve ended me.
No. Wrong.
Only someone who has not labored outside would have that opinion.
My Show!!!!!!!!
This really got me crying with out stopped I just keeps crying and I ask God why is this moving me the way it does, but I know why but i never cry this much on roots!! This movie really hit my heart i didn't know why it would get me so emotional that I couldn't stop crying!! God i love you and I am proud that you chose us as your chosen people and I'm glad slavery is really over !! To all my incest rip in power with The Most High God.
I feel so special my name is Amirah
it's a fantastic show
Amirah Vann's character Ernestine is supposed to be the mother of Jurnee Smollett-Bell's character Rosalee? Hah, thanks for the laugh.
Amirah's deep voice may throw some folks off, but if you look at her she doesn't appear to be much, if _any_, older than Jurnee or Aldis. Unless she's one of those 40-is-the-next-30 chicks like Gabrielle Union, she's very likely a little closer to Aldis and Jurnee's age ranges.
And that fits with the show in my opinion
The 8th House Life "And that fits with the show in my opinion"
Not sure I know what you mean by that.
+Deined I mean by Ernestine being close in age that would go along with the setting of the show because slaves had children at a young age as soon as they could. Not sure of any of the characters ages but that would make sense to me to have a young looking mother.
Heh, I was right. Amirah is 29-30 years old, just about the same age as Aldis and Jurnee. I do see your point, though, as I've heard of 9 and 10 year old girls in Central and South America having children.
She's 38 which means she could have a young adult as a child. It wouldn't be unbelievable for her to be a young mother or for her character to be a little older than 38. And Jurnee could easily pass as a 19 or 20 year old on the show.
www.famousbirthdays.com/people/amirah-vann.html
Renwick is so cute..
we sick boss we sick.
~Nuance doesnt exist
Instilling conflict and decisiveness
I like to read a book my Bonner family Reunion are real salveries in Clute, Tx. they are friendly biggest families😇
loved this movie but hated the premise of it. hated slavery but I respect those who were courageous enough to handle it.I doubt I would've been a good slave. Where is Jussie Smollett in this movie?
it is time folx r mindful of the words they use such as "fair skin." if one means light then say light or what have you. words do have power. so if there is 'fair skin' then is there unfair skin...