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Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

During those days, of course,everybody, you know, had a gun

During those days, of course,
everybody, you know, had a gun

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During those days, of course, everybody, you know, had a gun.
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5 seconds
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22
Timestamp in Movie
00:54:26
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 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.
But you can't keep shooting people who are unarmed. - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:05
But you can't keep shooting people who are unarmed.
Because I'm really sick of people picking on Black men. - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:06
Because I'm really sick of people picking on Black men.
In 1983, I wrote you and you wrote me back. - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:06
In 1983, I wrote you and you wrote me back.
I was in college ready to quit. - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:05
I was in college ready to quit.
And you said, "Don't give up." - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:06
And you said, "Don't give up."
I was at Florida A&M. I didn't give up. - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:05
I was at Florida A&M. I didn't give up.
And I'm now a teacher in Newark, New Jersey. - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:05
And I'm now a teacher in Newark, New Jersey.
But I love you. My sister used to read me you. - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:05
But I love you. My sister used to read me you.