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Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

I say violence is necessary

I say violence is necessary

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I say violence is necessary.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:54:37
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.
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.
"Nikki-Rosa." - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:05
"Nikki-Rosa."