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Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

What I'm trying todo with my writing is to bring out a reality

What I'm trying to
do with my writing is to bring out a reality

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What I'm trying to do with my writing
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is to bring out a reality.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
40
Timestamp in Movie
00:02:47
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.
And from that goodness, we can create the revolution. - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:06
And from that goodness, we can create the revolution.
So that the revolution isn't a reaction to Whiteness, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:07
So that the revolution isn't a reaction to Whiteness,
"Childhood remembrances - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:07
"Childhood remembrances
And if you become famous or something, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:08
And if you become famous or something,
And even though you remember, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:08
And even though you remember,
And another dream goes. And though you're poor - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:07
And another dream goes. And though you're poor
And though they fought a lot - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:05
And though they fought a lot
And you and your sister have happy birthdays - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:07
And you and your sister have happy birthdays
And I really hope no White person ever has cause - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:09
And I really hope no White person ever has cause
And they'll probably talk about my hard childhood - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:11
And they'll probably talk about my hard childhood
And so there's just something nice about putting seed - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:06
And so there's just something nice about putting seed
I was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:07
I was born in Knoxville, Tennessee,
'Cause in our blood is space travel. - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:06
'Cause in our blood is space travel.
Because we've come from a known, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:09
Because we've come from a known,
If anybody can find what there is in this darkness, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:09
If anybody can find what there is in this darkness,
Here in the Apollo Theater, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:08
Here in the Apollo Theater,
Of the Nikki Giovanni fan club. - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:05
Of the Nikki Giovanni fan club.
So, Nikki, say something about - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:10
So, Nikki, say something about
- And... - That's why - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:05
- And... - That's why
- I'm not friendly. - You're the last person - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:06
- I'm not friendly. - You're the last person