Events
June 2025
Imaging Improvisation Program, Dancing for the Screen: Blondell Cummings’s Moving Pictures
Presented by Rada Collaborative x Anthology Archives Guest-programmed by Daniella Brito, Rada Collab Curatorial Fellow
Date: 06/19
Time: 7:30 PM ET
32 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10003
Video-Documentary Training “Civic Participation, Citizenship & Democracy”
Led by Co-Directors Michèle Stephenson & Joe Brewster
Hosted by University of Lisbon – Center for African and Development Studies
Date: 06/16 – 06/19
Rua Miguel Lupi, nº20, 1249-078 Lisboa, Portugal
“There Goes Nikki” World Premiere at Tribeca Immersive 2025
Presented by Rada Collaborative x Kinfolk
Date: 06/09 – 06/29
Time: 1:00 – 7:00 PM ET (Daily)
161 Water St, New York, NY 10038
May 2025
Imaging Improvisation Program, Improvisation in Hip-Hop Screening
Presented by Rada Collaborative x Anthology Archives
Guest-programmed by Daniella Brito, Rada Collab Curatorial Fellow
Q&A with Lil Rodney C, an original member of Funky 4 + 1!
Date: 05/15
Time: 7:30 PM ET
32 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10003
Going To Mars:
The Nikki Giovanni Project
10 Anniversary
Free Screening and Q&A with Co-Directors
Date: 05/06
Time: 8:00 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
April 2025
Going To Mars:
The Nikki Giovanni Project
A Different Booklist & For Viola Hot Docs Going To Mars Community Event Free Artist Talk with Co-Directors
Date: 04/04
Time: 4:30 – 6:00 PM
Blackhurst Cultural Centre, 777 Bathurst St, Toronto, ON M5S 1Z5, Canada.
Going To Mars:
The Nikki Giovanni Project
Hot Docs: For Viola Film Series
Free Screening and Q&A with the directors
Date: 04/04
Time: 7:00 PM
Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema, 506 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON M5S 1Y3, Canada
Going To Mars:
The Nikki Giovanni Project
10 Anniversary
Free Screening and Q&A with Co-Directors
Date: 04/28
Time: 6:00 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
March 2025
Going To Mars:
The Nikki Giovanni Project
Melkweg Amsterdam
Going To Mars Screening
Date: 03/12
Time: 7:00 PM
Lijnbaansgracht 234a, 1017PH, Amsterdam
Going To Mars:
The Nikki Giovanni Project
Bertha Doc House
Going To Mars Screenings
Date & Time: 03/22 @ 6:00 PM, 03/23 @ 4:00 PM, 03/26 @ 6:20 PM
Curzon Bloomsbury, The Brunswick, London, WC1N 1AW
February 2025
Going To Mars:
The Nikki Giovanni Project
AFI Silver Theatre MD.
Q&A with the directors.
Date: 02/12/2024
Time: 6:45 PM ET
8633 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Going To Mars:
The Nikki Giovanni Project
Voices of Freedom: A Black Film Festival at Howard University.
Q&A with the directors.
Date: 02/14/2025
Time: 6:00 PM ET
Cramton Auditorium, 2455 6th St NW, Washington, DC 20059
November 2024
Going To Mars:
The Nikki Giovanni Project
Black Soil Film Festival
Date: TBA
Time: TBA
TBA (Netherlands)
Going To Mars:
The Nikki Giovanni Project
The Authors Guild Foundation & McNally Jackson present: Edwidge Danticat and Michèle Stephenson
Date: 11/12/2024
Time: 6:30 PM
McNally Jackson Seaport
4 Fulton St, New York
Going To Mars:
The Nikki Giovanni Project
Third World Newsreel and the Doc Forum at CCNY
Date: 11/13/2024
Time: 6:00 PM
The City College of New York 259 Convent Avenue Shepard Hall New York, NY 10031
Going To Mars:
The Nikki Giovanni Project
BAM Big Apple’s Littlest Bites Shorts Program An Education in Equality Screening
Date: 11/13/2024
Time: 7:00 PM
BAM Peter Jay Sharp Building 30 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217
Going To Mars:
The Nikki Giovanni Project
Brownsville x Alfreda’s Cinema
Date: 11/15/2024
Time: TBA
Brownsville Heritage House 581 Mother Gaston Blvd. 2nd floor Brooklyn, NY 11212
October 2024
BLACK GIRLS PLAY
Lake Tahoe Documentary Film Festival
October 4-6
South Lake Tahoe, CA
Going To Mars:
The Nikki Giovanni Project
Florida State University’s Civil Rights Institute
Date: 10/10/2024
Time: 7:00 PM EDT
Challenger Learning Center Planetarium 200 S Duval St, Tallahassee, FL 32301
Elena
Nou Akoma Nou Sinèrji Haitian Dominican Transnational Film Festival
Date: 10/11/2024
Time: 12:00 PM EDT
St. Francis College 179 Livingston St, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Going To Mars:
The Nikki Giovanni Project
LitFilm 2024 Keynote Brooklyn Public Library
Date: 10/15/2024
Time: 7:00 PM EDT
Central Library 10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY 11238
Going To Mars:
The Nikki Giovanni Project
CinéMartinique Festival
Date: 10/18/2024
Time: 4:00 PM AST
Tropiques Atrium Scène Nationale 6 Rue Jacques Cazotte, Fort-de-France 97200, Martinique
Going To Mars:
The Nikki Giovanni Project
James Arthur Baldwin International Symposium
Date: 10/24/2024
Time: TBA
Virginia State University
1 Hayden St, Petersburg, VA 23806
September
BLACK GIRLS PLAY
– Black Star International Film Festival
September 17-22
Accra, Ghana
Going To Mars:
The Nikki Giovanni Project
– Black Star International Film Festival
September 17-22
Accra, Ghana
Black Star International Film Festival
Black Girls Play
17th September 2024 - 23rd September 2024Black Star International Film Festival
Going To Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
17th September 2024 - 22nd September 2024Lake Tahoe Documentary Film Festival
Black Girls Play
4th October 2024 - 7th October 2024The CINEMARTINIQUE FESTIVAL
Going To Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
11th October 2024 - 19th October 2024Second Triennial James Arthur Baldwin International Symposium at Virginia University
Going To Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
24th October 2024 - 26th October 2024| Event | Movies | Date |
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Black Girls Play
- Black Star International Film Festival (September 17-22, 2024)
- Lake Tahoe Documentary Film Festival (October 4-6, 2024)
GOING TO MARS
- Second Triennial James Arthur Baldwin International Symposium at Virginia University- October 24-26
- The CINEMARTINIQUE FESTIVAL- October 11-19
- Black Star International Film Festival (September 17-22, 2024)
