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Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

"How were you able todecide you were human even when everythingsaid you were not?" "How...

"How were you able to
decide you were human even when everything
said you were not?" "How did you find the comfort
in the face of the improbable?

Full Transcript

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"How were you able to decide you were human
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even when everything said you were not?"
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"How did you find the comfort in the face of the improbable?
Duration
9 seconds
Views
32
Timestamp in Movie
00:32:51
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.
To make the world you came to, your world?" - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:09
To make the world you came to, your world?"
The first thing that's gonna happen - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:06
The first thing that's gonna happen
We didn't have any language that was universal. - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:06
We didn't have any language that was universal.
So the only thing that's gonna be universal, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:09
So the only thing that's gonna be universal,
Who's gonna say, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:07
Who's gonna say,
'Cause it was your grandmother. When things went wrong, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:07
'Cause it was your grandmother. When things went wrong,
It's often true, I think, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:09
It's often true, I think,
And it's my understanding that your grandmother - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:06
And it's my understanding that your grandmother
You know, you're not that much younger, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:08
You know, you're not that much younger,
But one of the things - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:07
But one of the things
We could tell our grandmothers we can't do it. - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:07
We could tell our grandmothers we can't do it.
It was way easier - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:05
It was way easier
The new Rich's - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:07
The new Rich's
But the day that the kids were bombed in Birmingham. - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:05
But the day that the kids were bombed in Birmingham.
And all of the old women... that's when adults were adults... - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:05
And all of the old women... that's when adults were adu...
All of the old women and men went to churches - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:09
All of the old women and men went to churches
And she said "Nikki" and I thought, "Uh-huh." - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:07
And she said "Nikki" and I thought, "Uh-huh.&...
She said, "Nikki, we decided we're going to picket." - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:07
She said, "Nikki, we decided we're going to picket...
Then she said, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:06
Then she said,
"...Yes, Grandmother." - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:18
"...Yes, Grandmother."