Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project | movie | 2023 | Official Teaser - video Dailymotion

Intimate vérité, archival footage, and visually innovative treatments of poetry take us on a journey through the dream | dG1fRjB4Q1h1TU83Vkk

Transcript

00:00 [MUSIC]

00:02 I was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, but I am an Earthling.

00:06 [MUSIC]

00:09 It is an honor to introduce this woman.

00:11 She is the most renowned black poet this world has ever seen.

00:15 [MUSIC]

00:16 There is no you without this goddess.

00:19 So you're sort of a prophet?

00:20 I would hate to think of myself as being a prophet.

00:23 Prophets die.

00:24 [MUSIC]

00:28 I'm also a dreamer, but I don't understand why my dreams can't come true.

00:32 [MUSIC]

00:35 So I will continue to do what my grandfather could not do.

00:38 I will fight.

00:39 I am a fighter.

00:40 [MUSIC]

00:41 The history of our people is a great history, and it's our duty to tell that story.

00:46 [MUSIC]

00:49 This is not a poem.

00:52 This is an explosion.

00:54 This is a rocket.

00:56 [MUSIC]

00:57 Let's ride.

00:58 [MUSIC]

01:04 [BLANK_AUDIO]