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Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

"Spring gaveaway to these hot days, before they fell intothe school bell ringing and...

"Spring gave
away to these hot days, before they fell into
the school bell ringing and snowflakes falling

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"Spring gave away to these hot days,
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before they fell into the school bell ringing
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and snowflakes falling.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
33
Timestamp in Movie
01:07:35
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'm sure they'd cash today in to be those girls again, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:11
I'm sure they'd cash today in to be those girls ag...
Thank you. I wrote it on the Megabus - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:05
Thank you. I wrote it on the Megabus
I think that we as writers, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:09
I think that we as writers,
To our hearts, that we want to share, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:07
To our hearts, that we want to share,
And somebody comes up to us, you know, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:11
And somebody comes up to us, you know,
But you didn't write that poem to instruct them. - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:05
But you didn't write that poem to instruct them.
Because you had something on your mind or on your heart - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:07
Because you had something on your mind or on your heart
So it's not that we use our talent - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:09
So it's not that we use our talent
I know that you can be with a lot of people. - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:06
I know that you can be with a lot of people.
And there's still, there's just part of you - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:07
And there's still, there's just part of you
I'm fortunate because I'm a poet, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:05
I'm fortunate because I'm a poet,
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