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Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

This is for the Pullman porterswho smiled as if they were happy and laughed likethey were...

This is for the Pullman porters
who smiled as if they were happy and laughed like
they were tickled when some folks were around

Full Transcript

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This is for the Pullman porters who smiled as if they were happy
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and laughed like they were tickled
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when some folks were around.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:25:41
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.
This is for the Pullman porters who smiled and welcomed - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:07
This is for the Pullman porters who smiled and welcomed
They noticed his slight limp that he tried to disguise - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:05
They noticed his slight limp that he tried to disguise
They noticed his stutter and probably understood - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:08
They noticed his stutter and probably understood
Fourteen-year-old Black boys with limps and stutters - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:09
Fourteen-year-old Black boys with limps and stutters
So this is for the Pullman porters - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:08
So this is for the Pullman porters
And if Emmett Till had been able to stay on that train all summer - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:12
And if Emmett Till had been able to stay on that train all s...
And was horribly, brutally, inexcusably, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:07
And was horribly, brutally, inexcusably,
"This is for the Pullman porters who, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:09
"This is for the Pullman porters who,
Got his body home to Chicago - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:14
Got his body home to Chicago
And this is for all the people who said, 'Never again.' - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:11
And this is for all the people who said, 'Never again.&...
And in not being able to stand it, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:07
And in not being able to stand it,
"The women gather - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:08
"The women gather
It is not unusual that the old bury the young. - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:06
It is not unusual that the old bury the young.
It is not strange that the unwise - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:11
It is not strange that the unwise
The women gathered with cloth and ointments, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:08
The women gathered with cloth and ointments,
Willows shall stand swaying but unbroken - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:08
Willows shall stand swaying but unbroken
She's doing pretty good. She's not with me, um... - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:06
She's doing pretty good. She's not with me, um...
Actually, Ginney's not the problem right now - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:06
Actually, Ginney's not the problem right now
So, we're not, you know, doing a big deal with it, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:07
So, we're not, you know, doing a big deal with it,
Uh, it probably is a cancer, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:08
Uh, it probably is a cancer,