Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

She got bars

She got bars

The metaphor here is stretched a bit too thin for my liking but the life story and more importantly the poetry helps carry this.

The metaphor here is stretched a bit too thin for my liking but the life story and more importantly the poetry helps carry this.

Overview: Super cool Black lesbian poet is obsessed with outer space.

Best Performance: Queen Nikki

Best Scene: Whenever she tells people she’s not going to answer their questions.

Worst Thing About the Movie: I wanted to know more about her being a lesbian and her partner.

Special Shout-out: Those neckties.

Thought I Had While Watching: Welp I know what poetry collection I’m reading next. 

Role Anne Hathaway Should Have Played: I suppose it would have to be the wife.

Overview: Super cool Black lesbian poet is obsessed with outer space.

Best Performance: Queen Nikki

Best Scene: Whenever she tells people she’s not going to answer their questions.

Worst Thing About the Movie: I wanted to know more about her being a lesbian and her partner.

Special Shout-out: Those neckties.

Thought I Had While Watching: Welp I know what poetry collection I’m reading next. 

Role Anne Hathaway Should Have Played: I suppose it would have to be the wife.

The interview between Nikki Giovanni and James Baldwin looks like the realist and most chill interview I’ve ever seen.

The interview between Nikki Giovanni and James Baldwin looks like the realist and most chill interview I’ve ever seen.