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Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

And my son shouldnot have to fight the same battles that I fought

And my son should
not have to fight the same battles that I fought

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And my son should not have to fight
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the same battles that I fought.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
45
Timestamp in Movie
00:08:59
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.
During the age of segregation - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:12
During the age of segregation
But we went to Church each Sunday - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:13
But we went to Church each Sunday
I'm a native Tennessean, I was born there, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:17
I'm a native Tennessean, I was born there,
My father got a scholarship - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:07
My father got a scholarship
And it says, "When you see her, you surely must - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:07
And it says, "When you see her, you surely must
It was a stormy relationship - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:11
It was a stormy relationship
I shared a bedroom with my sister, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:08
I shared a bedroom with my sister,
When you start to look at things that have been - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:09
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 00:06
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 00:07
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 00:09
You have to have an imagination,
I automatically wipe my eyes - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:06
I automatically wipe my eyes
Maybe I will learn. My mother did - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:11
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 00:06
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 00:14
"Maybe I should be happy I found
And I'm trying to understand more, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:06
And I'm trying to understand more,
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.