Going To Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
GOING TO MARS is a feature documentary that takes us through the mindscape of legendary poet, Nikki Giovanni, as she reflects on her life and legacy. Nikki’s voice guides us across time and space, through dreams and remembrances, across decades of American history, as the film reimagines her most iconic work with visual lyricism fit for a poet. Present day finds Nikki in her late chapter of life, reckoning with health struggles and the inevitable march of time. However, in her art and dreams, Nikki ventures beyond her own lifetime, to Middle Passage and Mars, always keeping hold of possibility. She urges us to dream of a better future where equity and justice reign, and Black women lead, calling us to action with an unforgettable mantra: “We’re going to Mars.”
Year: 2022
Runtime: 1:32:00 Minutes
Language: English
Country: United States
Premiere: Grenada
Joe Brewster
Director
American Promise, The Changing Same VR- The Dilemma, The Changing Same, Slaying Goliath, The Killing Zone, The Keeper
Michèle Stephenson
Director
American Promise, The Changing Same VR- The Dilemma, The Changing Same, Elena, Stateless, Slaying Goliath, Faces of Change
Joe Brewster
Writer
American Promise, The Changing Same VR- The Dilemma, Slaying Goliath, The Killing Zone, The Keeper
Michèle Stephenson
Writer
American Promise, The Changing Same VR- The Dilemma The Changing Same, Elena, Stateless, Slaying Goliath, Faces of Change
Joe Brewster
Producer
American Promise, The Changing Same VR- The Dilemma, The Changing Same, Elena, Stateless, Slaying Goliath, Slaying Goliath, The Killing Zone, The Keeper , Faces of Change
Michèle Stephenson
Producer
American Promise, The Changing Same VR- The Dilemma, The Changing Same, Elena, Stateless, Slaying Goliath, The Killing Zone, The Keeper , Faces of Change
Tommy Oliver
Producer
Kinyarwanda, Juice Wrld, 40 Years a Prisoner
Director Biography - Joe Brewster, Michèle Stephenson
Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson are a husband and wife filmmaking team who founded Rada Studio in 2006 with a mission: to think radically about storytelling and disrupt the imaginary in non-fiction spaces. They tell compelling, deeply personal stories that are created by, for and about BIPOC communities that reimagine and challenge the status quo. The duo draws on fiction, immersive and hybrid forms of storytelling to build their worlds and narratives. Stephenson and Brewster’s feature documentary, American Promise, won the Jury Prize at Sundance and was nominated for three Emmys and their work, Stateless, was nominated for a Canadian Academy Award for Best Feature Documentary. Their magical realist virtual reality trilogy series on racial terror, The Changing Same, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and won Best Immersive Narrative project at the Tribeca Festival. The project was also nominated for an Emmy in the Outstanding Interactive Media Innovative category. Both filmmakers are Guggenheim fellows and members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science.