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Tribeca Festival · 2020

Tribeca Festival 2020

Documentary Competition

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12 films · 4 reviews

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Hybrid documentary, examines Cortez's legacy almost five centuries later through the eyes of a stranded conquistador traveling through Mexico.

(Country: Mexico, US; Year: 2020; Director: Rodrigo Reyes; Stars: Eduardo San Juan, Eduardo San Juan)

World premiere

Dear Mr. Brody (Dear Mr Brody)

In 1970, eccentric hippie millionaire Michael Brody, Jr. decided to give $25 million away to anyone who needed it, sparking a media frenzy and thousands of letters from strangers all requesting his help.

(Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Keith Maitland; Stars: Josephine McAdam, Frank Mosley, Chris Doubek, Geoff Marslett, Rebecca Beegle, Josephine McAdam, Frank Mosley, Chris Doubek, Geoff Marslett, Rebecca Beegle)

World premiere

Enemies Of The State

Review preview for Enemies Of The State

Almost everybody here is hiding something - sometimes from themselves.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
When their hacker son is targeted by the US Government, the DeHarts will do anything to protect him.

(Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Sonia Kennebeck)

Full review

World premiere

Father Soldier Son

Following one American family over the course of ten years, becoming an intergenerational exploration of the meaning of sacrifice, purpose, family and American manhood in the aftermath of a war.

(Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Catrin Einhorn, Leslye Davis)

World premiere

Jacinta

Review preview for Jacinta

Earnshaw doesn't shy away from the fundamentals of Jacinta's situation and her relationship with addiction.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
A documentary charting a mother, her daughter and granddaughter and cycles of addiction.

(Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Jessica Earnshaw)

Full review

World premiere

Landfall

Chronicling the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, and painting a portrait of the continued fraught relationship between the US and Puerto Rico, a land in mourning and resistance.

(Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Cecilia Aldarondo)

World premiere

The Last Out

Follows three Cuban baseball players with Major League dreams who face difficult choices and embark on radically different paths when those dreams don’t pan out.

(Country: US, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico; Year: 2020; Director: Michael Gassert, Sami Khan)

World premiere

Pray Away

Review preview for Pray Away

The film unfolds like a religious parable, illustrating how easy it is to become corrupted when single-mindedly pursuing a goal.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
Exposé of gay conversion programmes.

(Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Kristine Stolakis; Stars: Michael Bussee, Alan Chambers, Ricky Chelette, James Dobson, Jerry Falwell, Joni Lamb, Jeffrey McCall, Joseph Nicolosi, Anne Paulk, John Paulk, Julie Rodgers, Yvette Cantu Schneider, Randy Thomas)

Full review

World premiere

Simple As Water

Fragments of lives cut between Turkey, Greece, Germany, and the U.S.. Each unfolding scene portrays the elemental bonds holding together Syrian families pulled apart by war, searching for a new life.

(Country: US, Syria, Turkey, Greece, Germany; Year: 2020; Director: Megan Mylan)

World premiere

Socks On Fire

Review preview for Socks On Fire

On its surface, it is slight - after all, this is a single family argument between a drag queen and the sister who disapproved of her brother's lifestyle - but McGuire is hunting for deeper resonances.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
Bo McGuire returns home to rural Alabama to document the bitter property feud between his homophobic aunt and gay uncle.

(Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Bo McGuire; Writer: Bo McGuire; Stars: Michael Patrick Nicholson, Carron Clark, Bo McGuire, Chuck Duck, Michael Patrick Nicholson, Carron Clark, Bo McGuire, Chuck Duck)

Full review

World premiere

Wake Up On Mars (Réveil sur Mars)

Two teenage sisters lie in a vegetative state in the small Swedish home of their Kosovar family, the cause of their mysterious malady, known as “resignation syndrome,” entwined with their personal trauma experienced as refugees.

(Country: France, Switzerland; Year: 2020; Director: Dea Gjinovci; Writer: Dea Gjinovci)

World premiere

Wonderboy

French fashion house Balmain’s creative director Olivier Rousteing allows the camera to become his confidante as he embarks on a search for his birth mother.

(Country: France; Year: 2020; Director: Anissa Bonnefont)

International premiere