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Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

I'm fortunatebecause I'm a poet, and poets are allowedto be hopeful

I'm fortunate
because I'm a poet, and poets are allowed
to be hopeful

Full Transcript

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I'm fortunate because I'm a poet,
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and poets are allowed to be hopeful.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
47
Timestamp in Movie
01:09:19
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.
We are allowed to speak to the human condition - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:11
We are allowed to speak to the human condition
And we have the ability to contemplate the future - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:07
And we have the ability to contemplate the future
Somebody has to think the thought - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:05
Somebody has to think the thought
You have children - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:07
You have children
So whether it's our literary children, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:12
So whether it's our literary children,
There's no point in me - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:07
There's no point in me
Lately, I've been trying to think - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:06
Lately, I've been trying to think
Or those of us who are White, don't you wonder, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:07
Or those of us who are White, don't you wonder,
Because it's not fair to act like slavery - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:07
Because it's not fair to act like slavery
But you have a story to tell because it's a part - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:07
But you have a story to tell because it's a part
I'm 75, which I highly recommend. - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:06
I'm 75, which I highly recommend.
So for any of you who have trouble hearing, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:06
So for any of you who have trouble hearing,
And it's amazing because - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:07
And it's amazing because
You end up with dementia, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:07
You end up with dementia,
'Cause they're like, "Oh, I don't like to be around Grandpa, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:07
'Cause they're like, "Oh, I don't like t...
It does. And so I'm always either adding things. - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:05
It does. And so I'm always either adding things.
I had breast cancer - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:10
I had breast cancer
"Or I can just take the tit out." - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:07
"Or I can just take the tit out."
It was like, "Yeah, take it off, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:06
It was like, "Yeah, take it off,
There had to be some kind of balance going on there. - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:06
There had to be some kind of balance going on there.