"Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project"

7 p.m. Friday, March 13

Page Hall, UAlbany Downtown Campus
135 Western Avenue
Albany, NY 12203

Note: The only elevator entrance is Milne Hall from the Washington Avenue side. The elevator in Richardson Hall (on the Western Avenue side) will not be in service.

United States, 2023, 102 minutes, color.
Directed by Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson. Starring Nikki Giovanni, Taraji P. Henson, James Baldwin.

This acclaimed documentary follows the life of beloved American poet Nikki Giovanni—firebrand, radical, healer, sage—across the turbulent 20th and early 21st centuries, from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter. The film won both a Primetime Emmy and the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance.

Meet trailblazing filmmakers Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson at the Albany Film Festival on Saturday, March 28th.