Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project is a 2023 documentary film directed by Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson. It explores the life and career of American poet Nikki Giovanni.
It had its world premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival on January 20, and was released in a limited release on November 3 by HBO Documentary Films prior to its broadcast on HBO on January 8, 2024.
Summary The film covers American poet Nikki Giovanni's life and the historical periods she lived through from the civil rights movement and Black Arts Movement to Black Lives Matter. It was narrated by actress Taraji P. Henson.
Release The film had its world premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival on January 20. It received the Grand Jury Prize award for U.S. Documentary Competition.In 2023, Golden Age of Documentary Films Seemed Like Distant Memory - IndieWire The film was also screened at the 2023 True/False Film Festival. In August, HBO Documentary Films acquired U.S. and Canada television and streaming rights to the film. It was released in a limited release on November 3 of the same year. The documentary was broadcast on HBO on January 8, 2024.
Critical reception Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 73 out of 100, based on 8 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews. The film was Oscar short-listed in the 96th Oscar Awards and won the prestigious Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Exceptional Merit In Documentary Filmmaking (2024).
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