An Evening With Nikki Giovanni (Atlanta 2005)

This hour-long, one-on-one interview program provides a wonderful look inside the life of poet and educator Nikki Giovanni. Taped live in Atlanta, Georgia at Georgia Public Broadcasting on Saturday, June 18, 2005, this program was the eighth in The HistoryMakers' An Evening With... PBS-TV series. Writer, novelist and playwright Pearl Cleage interviews her former childhood babysitter Nikki Giovanni in front of a standing room only audience.

The program begins with three Atlanta-based spoken word artists performing one of Giovanni's poems, Ego Tripping (there may be a reason why), and then Pearl Cleage introduces Nikki Giovanni. During the interview, Giovanni talks about her childhood, the origins of her writing career and discusses her feelings about young people and hip hop culture. Throughout the interview, there are performances by spoken word artists reciting Giovanni's poems.

Through the use of historic film footage and live performances, An Evening With Nikki Giovanni provides a profound look into the wonderful life of one of the world's most outstanding spoken word artists.

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