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Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

And when you get tobe 40 and 48, right?

And when you get to
be 40 and 48, right?

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And when you get to be 40 and 48, right?
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5 seconds
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17
Timestamp in Movie
00:52:50
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.
I could go out into the street and get my head beat, right? - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:06
I could go out into the street and get my head beat, right?
Or I could babysit - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:06
Or I could babysit
For police officers to take our time, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:19
For police officers to take our time,
Now, the basic issue is so simple, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:07
Now, the basic issue is so simple,
And Reverend Cleage knew that he couldn't leave his kids. - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:08
And Reverend Cleage knew that he couldn't leave his kid...
I said, "I'll stay. I'll stay with 'em." - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:11
I said, "I'll stay. I'll stay with 'em.&...
How to go in and shoot them. And so, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:10
How to go in and shoot them. And so,
During those days, of course, everybody, you know, had a gun. - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:05
During those days, of course, everybody, you know, had a gun...
I say violence is necessary. - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:05
I say violence is necessary.
Do you know how to draw blood? Can you poison? - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:05
Do you know how to draw blood? Can you poison?
Can you run a Protestant down with your '68 El Dorado? - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:05
Can you run a Protestant down with your '68 El Dorado?
Can you piss on a blonde head? Can you cut it off? - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:06
Can you piss on a blonde head? Can you cut it off?
We kill for UN and NATO, and SEATO and US, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:09
We kill for UN and NATO, and SEATO and US,
Learn to kill, niggers. Learn to be Black men." - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:07
Learn to kill, niggers. Learn to be Black men."
And when I watch the young men, I watch Colin, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:08
And when I watch the young men, I watch Colin,
Any man that gets on his knee, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:09
Any man that gets on his knee,
They are on their knee, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:10
They are on their knee,
Now you have to love me back." - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:11
Now you have to love me back."
And I know, some of you say "Oh, Nikki, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:10
And I know, some of you say "Oh, Nikki,
These things happen. - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:06
These things happen.