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Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

And I'm trying tounderstand more, but my father was cruel

And I'm trying to
understand more, but my father was cruel

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And I'm trying to understand more,
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but my father was cruel.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
38
Timestamp in Movie
00:12:34
Uploaded
Apr 12, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Rada Studio,Confluential Films,JustFilms / Ford Foundation,Bertha Doc Society,HBO Documentary Films

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Movie Summary

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.
And it seemed like my mother needed, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:07
And it seemed like my mother needed,
My father hit my mother so hard - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:09
My father hit my mother so hard
She says to me, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:08
She says to me,
I don't need an overseas enemy. I have my father. - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:06
I don't need an overseas enemy. I have my father.
And the band played on." - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:05
And the band played on."
Well, I shouldn't say this on the radio, I guess, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:09
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 00:11
I decided to move. But the funny thing was,
I don't understand how on one hand - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:07
I don't understand how on one hand
That he can be nothing in the streets - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:07
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 00:08
That he can be brutalized by some White person somewhere,
- It's got to... - the same way - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:05
- It's got to... - the same way
Which perpetuates... I mean, you take somebody like me - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:06
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 00:06
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 00:05
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 00:07
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 00:07
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 00:05
I'm not gonna deal with the cracker
He knows that he is not being treated - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:07
He knows that he is not being treated
Okay? In order to, like, get that together - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:09
Okay? In order to, like, get that together
Which becomes like a phenomenon to me, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:07
Which becomes like a phenomenon to me,