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Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

But a lot of thingsthat I don't remember, I don't choose to remember

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

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But a lot of things that I don't remember,
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I don't choose to remember.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
42
Timestamp in Movie
00:01:17
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 remember what's important - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:05
I remember what's important
Is you're a forerunner - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:06
Is you're a forerunner
What I'm trying to do with my writing - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:06
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 00:06
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 00:07
So that the revolution isn't a reaction to Whiteness,
"Childhood remembrances - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:07
"Childhood remembrances
And if you become famous or something, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:08
And if you become famous or something,
And even though you remember, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:08
And even though you remember,
And another dream goes. And though you're poor - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:07
And another dream goes. And though you're poor
And though they fought a lot - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:05
And though they fought a lot
And you and your sister have happy birthdays - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:07
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 00:09
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 00:11
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 00:06
And so there's just something nice about putting seed
I was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:07
I was born in Knoxville, Tennessee,
'Cause in our blood is space travel. - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:06
'Cause in our blood is space travel.
Because we've come from a known, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:09
Because we've come from a known,
If anybody can find what there is in this darkness, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:09
If anybody can find what there is in this darkness,
Here in the Apollo Theater, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:08
Here in the Apollo Theater,
Of the Nikki Giovanni fan club. - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:05
Of the Nikki Giovanni fan club.