Nikki Giovanni on Rosa Parks, James Baldwin, and Activism | NYFF61

In her Deep Focus talk at NYFF61, acclaimed poet and activist Nikki Giovanni sits down with author Edwidge Danticat to discuss her life, work, and participation in the film Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project. The film details the evolution of Giovanni’s Afrofuturist-feminist philosophical outlook and celebrates her political audacity, poetic eloquence, and poignant relationship with her family. Join us for a lively, career-spanning discussion with Giovanni about her writing practice, her creative and political trajectories, and the experience of transmuting her life story into cinema.
NYFF61 Talks and feature documentaries are presented by HBO.
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[@RLNDO-]

i am forever grateful for you 🙏🏾 thank you so much for being my elder, your leadership is unmatched

[@sandrawilliams6164]

That right Ms. Nikki Giovanni, everyday we wake-up "we win!" Thank U! Real talk 💯 Peace ☮️ Love 💙 n Light of Christ consciousness 😇

[@deed5049]

She was jaded by her experience with her father, as she should have. I watched her discussion with the Late James Baldwin (PBUH). She was 28 her view of men has not changed. "Black men are crazy/Black women are phenomenal." Both are true. And as we all are connected, so is the opposite. I do not excuse the poorly aimed angst of any man regardless of culture. But understaning is a muscle.