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Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

A look at the life of poet, Nikki Giovanni and the revolutionary historical periods through which she lived, from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter.

Director

Joe Brewster, Michèle Stephenson

Year

Genre

Box Office

N/A

Production

Rada Studio,Confluential Films,JustFilms / Ford Foundation,Bertha Doc Society,HBO Documentary Films

Awards

Won 1 Primetime Emmy. 15 wins & 10 nominations total

Self - Poet

Self - Reading Giovanni's Poems

Taraji P. Henson

Self

Self

Self

Marion Barry Jr.

Self

Harry Belafonte

Self

Self

Stokely Carmichael

Self

Self

Self

Kathleen Cleaver

Self

Johnnetta B. Cole

Self

Virginia Fowler

Self

Self

Thomas Giovanni

Self

Self

Jesse Jackson Jr.

Self

Self

Colin Kaepernick

Self

Martin Luther King

Self

Self

Lewis H. Michaux

Self

Mamie Till Mobley

Self

Self

Self

Self

Self - Audience Member

Self

Virginia Stanley

Self

Self

Se;f

John F. Kennedy

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But a lot of things
that I don't remember, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

But a lot of things that I don't remember,

I remember
what's important - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

I remember what's important

Is you're a forerunner - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

Is you're a forerunner

What I'm trying to
do with my writing - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

What I'm trying to do with my writing

And from that goodness, we
can create the revolution. - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

And from that goodness, we can create the revolution.

So that the revolution isn't
a reaction to Whiteness, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

So that the revolution isn't a reaction to Whiteness,

"Childhood remembrances - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

"Childhood remembrances

And if you become
famous or something, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

And if you become famous or something,

And even though you remember, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

And even though you remember,

And another dream goes.
And though you're poor - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

And another dream goes. And though you're poor

And though they fought a lot - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

And though they fought a lot

And you and your sister
have happy birthdays - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

And you and your sister have happy birthdays

And I really hope no White
person ever has cause - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

And I really hope no White person ever has cause

And they'll probably talk
about my hard childhood - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

And they'll probably talk about my hard childhood

And so there's just something
nice about putting seed - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

And so there's just something nice about putting seed

I was born in
Knoxville, Tennessee, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

I was born in Knoxville, Tennessee,

'Cause in our blood
is space travel. - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

'Cause in our blood is space travel.

Because we've
come from a known, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

Because we've come from a known,

If anybody can find what
there is in this darkness, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

If anybody can find what there is in this darkness,

Here in the Apollo Theater, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

Here in the Apollo Theater,

Of the Nikki Giovanni fan club. - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

Of the Nikki Giovanni fan club.

So, Nikki, say something about - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

So, Nikki, say something about

- And...
- That's why - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

- And... - That's why

- I'm not friendly.
- You're the last person - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

- I'm not friendly. - You're the last person

I'm fortunate, you
know, that I'm polite, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

I'm fortunate, you know, that I'm polite,

I know, Nikki, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

You sure write in
a collective sense. - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

You sure write in a collective sense.

- You write for all of us.
- But, Johnnetta... - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

- You write for all of us. - But, Johnnetta...

I honestly think that the most
important word to me is duty. - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

I honestly think that the most important word to me is duty.

When all, for lack
of a better word, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

When all, for lack of a better word,

Our people have. The
history of our people - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

Our people have. The history of our people

And it's our duty
to tell that story. - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

And it's our duty to tell that story.

It's just that he
couldn't find a job, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

It's just that he couldn't find a job,

And his dream was not realizable - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

And his dream was not realizable

So he became a Latin teacher
in a local high school - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

So he became a Latin teacher in a local high school

So, I will continue to do - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

So, I will continue to do

And my son should
not have to fight - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

And my son should not have to fight

During the
age of segregation - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

During the age of segregation

But we went to
Church each Sunday - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

But we went to Church each Sunday

I'm a native Tennessean,
I was born there, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

I'm a native Tennessean, I was born there,

My father
got a scholarship - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

My father got a scholarship

And it says, "When you
see her, you surely must - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

And it says, "When you see her, you surely must

It was a
stormy relationship - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

It was a stormy relationship

I shared a
bedroom with my sister, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

I shared a bedroom with my sister,

When you start to look
at things that have been - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

When you start to look at things that have been

If this is what it appears
to me, this is asphalt. - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

If this is what it appears to me, this is asphalt.

Have difficulties as a kid,
what you have to do is, uh... - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

Have difficulties as a kid, what you have to do is, uh...

You have to have an imagination, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

You have to have an imagination,

I automatically wipe my eyes - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

I automatically wipe my eyes

Maybe I will learn.
My mother did - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

Maybe I will learn. My mother did

I laugh easily and I smile,
and withhold any true feelings. - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

I laugh easily and I smile, and withhold any true feelings.

"Maybe I should
be happy I found - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

"Maybe I should be happy I found

And I'm trying to
understand more, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

And I'm trying to understand more,

And it seemed like
my mother needed, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

And it seemed like my mother needed,

My father hit my mother so hard - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

My father hit my mother so hard

She says to me, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

She says to me,

I don't need an overseas
enemy. I have my father. - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

I don't need an overseas enemy. I have my father.

And the band played on." - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

And the band played on."

Well, I shouldn't say this
on the radio, I guess, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

Well, I shouldn't say this on the radio, I guess,

I decided to move. But
the funny thing was, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

I decided to move. But the funny thing was,

I don't understand
how on one hand - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

I don't understand how on one hand

That he can be
nothing in the streets - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

That he can be nothing in the streets

That he can be brutalized by
some White person somewhere, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

That he can be brutalized by some White person somewhere,

- It's got to...
- the same way - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

- It's got to... - the same way

Which perpetuates... I mean,
you take somebody like me - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

Which perpetuates... I mean, you take somebody like me

But, Nikki, it's also true
that since your mother - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

But, Nikki, it's also true that since your mother

You say mistreated, or
I say mistreated, no. - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

You say mistreated, or I say mistreated, no.

But in the per... In the mind
of the person who is doing it, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

But in the per... In the mind of the person who is doing it,

Let's say, in the mind of,
let's say, your father, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

Let's say, in the mind of, let's say, your father,

I'm not gonna deal
with the cracker - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

I'm not gonna deal with the cracker

He knows that he is
not being treated - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

He knows that he is not being treated

Okay? In order to,
like, get that together - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

Okay? In order to, like, get that together

Which becomes like
a phenomenon to me, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

Which becomes like a phenomenon to me,

If you can follow
what I'm saying, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

If you can follow what I'm saying,

And that's unfortunate
because I need love. - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

And that's unfortunate because I need love.

The one thing
that I did know - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

The one thing that I did know

So, I wrote a
poem, "Nikki-Rosa." - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

So, I wrote a poem, "Nikki-Rosa."

So I'm gonna write a line - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

So I'm gonna write a line

Well, you want something
that I'm obviously, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

Well, you want something that I'm obviously,

And I knew that it was Saturday,
so I knew what to expect. - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

And I knew that it was Saturday, so I knew what to expect.

You're wanting me to go - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

You're wanting me to go

And I refuse to be
unhappy about something - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

And I refuse to be unhappy about something

So, I selected happiness - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

So, I selected happiness

"I
brush my teeth, I smile, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

"I brush my teeth, I smile,

I think I'll run
away with the ants - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

I think I'll run away with the ants

And I like Christmas okay, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

And I like Christmas okay,

And it's like, "Whoa,
what is wrong with you?" - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

And it's like, "Whoa, what is wrong with you?"...

I wanna know where
was Mr. Santa Claus - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

I wanna know where was Mr. Santa Claus

But the minute they
needed something, right? - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

But the minute they needed something, right?

One foggy Christmas Eve,
then Santa's there, you know, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

One foggy Christmas Eve, then Santa's there, you know,

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A look at the life of poet, Nikki Giovanni and the revolutionary historical periods through which she lived, from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter.

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Director: Joe Brewster, Michèle Stephenson

Writer: Joe Brewster, Michèle Stephenson

Production: Rada Studio,Confluential Films,JustFilms / Ford Foundation,Bertha Doc Society,HBO Documentary Films

Genre: documentary

Year: 2023

MetaScore: 74/100

ImdbRating: 6.6

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 08 Jan 2024

Awards: Won 1 Primetime Emmy. 15 wins & 10 nominations total

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