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Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

There was a bookstoreon this corner and that corner

There was a bookstore
on this corner and that corner

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There was a bookstore on this corner
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and that corner.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:42:00
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.
Life was difficult for a Black girl with no money, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:07
Life was difficult for a Black girl with no money,
But passing those bookstores with a confident smoke, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:09
But passing those bookstores with a confident smoke,
I was lecturing the other day - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:08
I was lecturing the other day
Talking about Black power. I said, "Look, son, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:09
Talking about Black power. I said, "Look, son,
Knowledge is power." - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:22
Knowledge is power."
Where were you on April 4th, 1968? - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:06
Where were you on April 4th, 1968?
"What can I, a poor Black woman, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:07
"What can I, a poor Black woman,
This is a question with appropriate variations - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:07
This is a question with appropriate variations
There is one compromise. I can protect those who kill. - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:06
There is one compromise. I can protect those who kill.
There is one cop-out. I can encourage others to kill. - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:06
There is one cop-out. I can encourage others to kill.
The assassination of Martin Luther King - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:06
The assassination of Martin Luther King
And some honky asked about the reaction. - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:05
And some honky asked about the reaction.
You want to determine how, I, a lover, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:08
You want to determine how, I, a lover,
May his blood choke the life of ten hundred million Whites. - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:06
May his blood choke the life of ten hundred million Whites.
May the warriors in the streets go ever forth into the stores - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:13
May the warriors in the streets go ever forth into the store...
Would've been far better - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:05
Would've been far better
Because then they could say to Black people - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:07
Because then they could say to Black people
But they couldn't do that for Dr. King, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:06
But they couldn't do that for Dr. King,
To make an excuse of Dr. King's killing. - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:05
To make an excuse of Dr. King's killing.
So, when they killed Dr. King, they just opened up the eyes - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:07
So, when they killed Dr. King, they just opened up the eyes