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Tribeca Festival · 2021

Tribeca Festival 2021

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13 films · 2 reviews

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7 Days

As if their pre-arranged date, organised by their traditional Indian parents, wasn’t uncomfortable enough, Ravi and Rita are forced to shelter in place together as Covid-19’s reach intensifies. Hopefully for their sake, opposites do indeed attract.

(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Roshan Sethi; Writer: Karan Soni, Roshan Sethi; Stars: Karan Soni, Geraldine Viswanathan, Mark Duplass, Zenobia Shroff, Aparna Nancherla, Gita Reddy, Jeffrey Self)

Accepted

The ambitious students of the TM Landry Prep School enjoyed a remarkable 100% acceptance rate into the county’s most elite colleges until an explosive NY Times article exposed the controversial teaching methods of its dynamic founder.

(Year: 2021; Director: Dan Chen)

As Of Yet

Told entirely through video calls and digital diaries, Naomi navigates a problematic roommate and a burgeoning romance all while locked down during the Coronavirus pandemic.

(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Taylor Garron; Stars: Taylor Garron, Eva Victor, Amir Khan, Quinta Brunson, Ayo Edebiri)

The Beta Test

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Cummings and McCabe want to have it all - and go a fairly long way towards getting it.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
A man's life starts to fracture after he receives an unusual invitation.

(Country: US, UK; Year: 2021; Director: Jim Cummings, PJ McCabe; Writer: Jim Cummings, PJ McCabe; Stars: Jim Cummings, Virginia Newcomb, PJ McCabe, Kevin Changaris, Olivia Grace Applegate, Jessie Barr, Christian Hillborg, Malin Barr, Jacqueline Doke, Wilky Lau, Grant Rosenmeyer, Keith Powell, Monroe Cline, Laura Coover, Boni Mata)

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Building A Bridge

Documentary profiling Father James Martin, an outspoken New York-based priest and author who works to connect the Catholic Church with the LGBTQ+ community through compassion, inclusion, love, and acceptance.

(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Evan Mascagni, Shannon Post; Stars: James Martin, James Martin)

The Conductor

Leonard Bernstein’s protégée Marin Alsop reveals how she smashed the glass ceiling to become an internationally renowned conductor.

(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Bernadette Wegenstein)

The Death Of My Two Fathers

After putting it off for 20 years, filmmaker Sol Guy finally confronts the six tapes his father recorded before dying. Using those tapes as a framework, Guy recounts his family’s story - and his own - for his two teenage kids.

(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Sol Guy; Writer: Sol Guy, Matthew Cooke, Shoshana Guy; Stars: Sol Guy, William Guy, Travestine Guy, Freye Parkhouse, Barbara Ogletree, Leora Gesser)

The Justice Of Bunny King

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Davis captures not just the emotional turbulence of Bunny's life but the sheer physicality of it.

Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
Bunny, a woman at the outskirts of society, fights to be reunited with her children. When her teenage niece needs help, Bunny takes her under her wing, and together, they make a stand against the cards they’ve been dealt.

(Country: New Zealand; Year: 2021; Director: Gaysorn Thavat; Writer: Sophie Henderson; Stars: Thomasin McKenzie, Essie Davis, Ryan O'Kane, Erroll Shand)

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The Legend Of The Underground

A timely documentary uncovering rampant discrimination in Nigeria while exploring the lives of several non conformist men who must choose to live imperilled lives there or flee to the US.

(Country: Nigeria, US; Year: 2021; Director: Giselle Bailey, Nneka Onuorah)

North By Current

The unexplained death of his niece leads the director back to his family. His investigation of injustice and the arbitrariness of officialdom turns into cathartic family therapy.

(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Angelo Madsen Minax)

Perfume de Gardenias

After the death of her husband, a grieving elderly woman is enlisted by a coterie of gossipy elderly women in her neighbourhood to plan and create custom funerals - offering seniors a chance to plan in advance how they want their funerals to be presented, and how they want their lives to be celebrated.

(Country: Puerto Rico; Year: 2021; Director: Gisela Rosario Ramos; Writer: Gisela Rosario Ramos; Stars: Luz María Rondón, Sharon Riley, Katira Álvarez, Carmen Nydia Velázquez, Carmen Milagros Ortiz, Flor Joglar, Abner Rivera)

Sisters On Track

Documentary about hope, belonging, and the metaphorical and literal sisterhood of young athletes Tai, Rainn, and Brooke Sheppard.

(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Corinne van der Borch, Tone Grøttjord)

Wu Hai

A happily married man gets into trouble when he partners with a friend in a commerical lending business.

(Country: China; Year: 2020; Director: Ziyang Zhou; Writer: Ziyang Zhou; Stars: Xuan Huang, Zishan Yang, Tumen, Xuan Huang, Zishan Yang, Tumen)