One of 2023’s most awarded documentaries arrives on HBO next month. After winning the Grand Jury Prize for Best U.S. Documentary at Sundance, “Going To Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project” will premiers on the network and stream on Max on January 8.

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Here’s an official synopsis of Joe Brewster & Michéle Stephenson‘s doc, courtesy of HBO:

GOING TO MARS: THE NIKKI GIOVANNI PROJECT travels through time and space to reveal the enduring influence of Nikki Giovanni, one of America’s greatest living poets and social commentators.

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After a two-year virtual in-person hiatus, the Sundance Film Festival returned to Park City and that meant an old-fashioned in-person awards ceremony as well. Well, sorta. The post-ceremony party was absent this year (as well as its traditional host), but there was undoubtedly a lot of joy in the room as the honors were handed out. In the prestigious U.S. Dramatic Competition, the top prize went to A.V. Rockwell’s “A Thousand and One.” “The Persian Version” took two prizes including the Audience Award, U.S.

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