Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project - Production & Contact Info

Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project (2023)
102 min | Documentary

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Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project (2023)

102 min | Documentary

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.

Directors

Joe Brewster (co-director) | Michèle Stephenson (co-director)

Writers

Joe Brewster | Michèle Stephenson

Producers

Joe Brewster | Tommy Oliver | Michèle Stephenson

Composers

Chris Pattishall | Samora Pinderhughes

Cinematographers

Alfredo Alcantara | Greg Harriott | Derek Wiesehahn

Editor

Terra Long

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Edit Released

Updated Jan 20, 2023

Release date

Jan 8, 2024 (United States)

Awards

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy Award. Another 14 wins & 10 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
32 cast members

Name	Known for
Nikki Giovanni Self - Poet Self - Poet See fewer	Love Life (2020)
Taraji P. Henson Self - Reading Giovanni's Poems (voice) Self - Reading Giovanni's Poems (voice) See fewer	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
James Baldwin Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	I Am Not Your Negro (2016)
Amiri Baraka Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Bulworth (1998)
Marion Barry Jr. Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Slam (1998)
Harry Belafonte Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Bobby (I) (2006)
H. Rap Brown Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Fall (1969)
Stokely Carmichael Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (2011)
Albert Cleage Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Black Journal (1968)
Pearl Cleage Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Start of Dreams (2010)
Kathleen Cleaver Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Zabriskie Point (1970)
Johnnetta B. Cole Self Self See fewer	Soul (2020)
Virginia Fowler Self (as Virginia C. Fowler) Self (as Virginia C. Fowler) See fewer	Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project (2023)
Kai Giovanni Self Self See fewer	Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project (2023)
Thomas Giovanni Self Self See fewer	Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project (2023)
Lou House Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Nationtime (1972)
Jesse Jackson Jr. Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The District (2000)
Jesse Jackson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Burning
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Lewis H. Michaux Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Mamie Till Mobley Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Women of the Movement (2022)
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Novella Nelson Self Self See fewer	A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014)
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Sonia Sanchez Self - Audience Member Self - Audience Member See fewer	Lovecraft Country (2020)
Virginia Stanley Self Self See fewer	Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project (2023)
Emmett Till Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Touré Self Self See fewer	Touré Show (2017)
John F. Kennedy Se;f (archive footage) (uncredited) Se;f (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Profiles in Courage (1964)