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Tribeca Festival · 2024

Tribeca Festival 2024

Spotlight Documentary

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21 films · 4 reviews

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1-800-ON-HER-OWN

Ani DiFranco was an unmistakable talent who shook the Nineties alternative music scene. This documentary follows her life today.

(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Dana Flor)

America's Burning

A dive into the precarious state of America’s seemingly unbridgeable economic divide - with a surprisingly optimistic outlook on its future.

(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: David Smick; Stars: Michael Douglas, James Carville, Leon Panetta, Amy Chua, David Smick)

Avicii: I'm Tim

Profile of the musician.

(Country: Sweden, US; Year: 2024; Director: Henrik Burman; Writer: Henrik Burman; Stars: Chris Martin, Avicii, Nile Rodgers, David Guetta, Aloe Blacc, Ash Pournouri)

Black Table

In the wake of the Supreme Court's decision to abolish affirmative action, this film looks back at the largest class of Black students at Yale in the 1990s, the dining table that bonded them, and how their story informs our future.

(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: John Antonio James, Billy Mack; Writer: John Antonio James, Bill Mack)

The Cranes Call

Account of the mission to hold those responsible for atrocities in Ukraine to account.

(Country: Netherlands, Germany, France, Ukraine, UK; Year: 2024; Director: Laura Warner; Stars: Anna Neistat, Solomiia Stasiv)

Emergent City

Review preview for Emergent City

While there’s no doubt the directors have a sympathetic slant towards the community, this is a film that is interested in exploring all the angles.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
A series of connected industrial buildings within a primarily immigrant, working class community in Brooklyn - conflicting views draw battlelines between residents, city officials and master planners as the fate of the city and contemporary urban development hangs in the balance.

(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Kelly Anderson, Jay Arthur Sterrenberg)

Full review See: Interview with Kelly Anderson about Industry City and Sunset Park in Emergent City , Kelly Anderson on Tribeca Festival highlight Emergent City

I'm Your Venus

Following the unsolved murder of Venus Xtravaganza, star of Paris Is Burning as Venus’ two families - biological and ballroom - come together to seek answers and celebrate her legacy.

(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Kimberly Reed)

It Was All a Dream

A dive into hip hop history.

(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Dream Hampton)

Jago: Into The White

Jago, a sculptor in Naples, works through the days and nights chipping away at his next marble masterpiece: a recreation of one of Michelangelo’s iconic subjects.

(Country: Italy; Year: 2024; Director: Luigi Pingitore)

Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story

Review preview for Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story

If you don’t have a clear sense of who she is when you go in, you may come out feeling none the wiser.

Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
A documentary about Liza Minelli and the key individuals who influenced her career.

(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Bruce David Klein; Writer: Bruce David Klein; Stars: Judy Garland, Mia Farrow, Liza Minnelli, Joel Grey, Bob Fosse, Lorna Luft, Ben Vereen, Gwen Verdon, Vincente Minnelli, Chita Rivera, Kay Thompson, Peter Allen, John Kander, Michael Feinstein, Fred Ebb)

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Luther: Never Too Much

Review preview for Luther: Never Too Much

It might be too much to expect a film to tell a bigger story, but that hope is borne in part because it doesn't really manage to tell a smaller one.

Andrew Robertson · 2 out of 5
Luther Vandross started his career supporting David Bowie, Roberta Flack, Bette Midler, and more. His undeniable talent earned platinum records and accolades, but he struggled to break out beyond the R&B charts. Intensely driven, he overcame personal and professional challenges to secure his place amongst the greatest vocalists in history.

(Country: UK, US; Year: 2024; Director: Dawn Porter)

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Made In England: The Films Of Powell And Pressburger

Review preview for Made In England: The Films Of Powell And Pressburger

Hinton’s documentary visually points to all the complicated, often triangular entanglements.

Anne-Katrin Titze · 5 out of 5
Documentary about the acclaimed directors, their work and its legacy.

(Country: UK; Year: 2024; Director: David Hinton; Stars: Martin Scorsese, Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell)

Full review See: David Hinton on Made In England: The Films Of Powell And Pressburger, Martin Scorsese, Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger , Interview with David Hinton about Made In England: The Films Of Powell And Pressburger

Pandora's Code

Consdieration of the rise of artificial intelligence, balancing its remarkable capabilities and dark ethical concerns.

(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Kyle Vorbach)

Rebel Nun

The story of Catholic nun and leading death penalty abolitionist Sister Helen Prejean, whose story was first captured in the 1995 film Dead Man Walking.

(Country: US, UK; Year: 2024; Director: Dominic Sivyer)

S/He Is Still Her/e - The Official Genesis P-Orridge Doc

Portrait of the singer-songwriter, musician, poet, performance artist, visual artist and occultist.

(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: David Charles Rodrigues)

Skywalkers: A Love Story

To save their career and relationship, a daredevil couple journey across the globe to climb the world’s last super skyscraper and perform a bold acrobatic stunt on the spire.

(Year: 2024; Director: Jeff Zimbalist; Writer: Jeff Zimbalist)

Slave Play. Not A Movie. A Play.

Self-portrait of writer Jeremy O Harris as he workshops Slave Play, the provocative play that thrust him into the spotlight, with a new cast of young actors from New York’s William Esper Studio.

(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Jeremy O Harris; Stars: Devin Kawaoka, Jeremy O. Harris, Antoinette Crowe-Legacy, Annie McNamara, Irene Sofia Lucio, Jonathan Higginbotham, Patricia Fa'asua, Aaron Latta-Morissette, Stephen Cefalu, Sung Yoon, Marié Botha, Malcolm Callender, Amauta M. Firmino, Jakeem Powell, Athan Chekas)

Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple

Traces Van Zandt’s career as a musician, activist and actor from the clubs of Asbury Park, NJ, to stadiums around the world, to the Bada Bing Club.

(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Bill Teck)

They All Came Out To Montreux

The story of how Claude Nobs turned his Swiss town into the home for one of the world’s biggest jazz festivals.

(Country: UK; Year: 2023; Director: Oliver Murray; Stars: Sting, Alicia Keys, Prince, Keith Richards, Quincy Jones, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Ella Fitzgerald, George Clinton, Marvin Gaye, Herbie Hancock, Nina Simone, Van Morrison, Carlos Santana, Roberta Flack)

The Thinking Game

The story of scientist Demis Hassabis and his relentless quest to solve the enigma of artificial general intelligence.

(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Greg Kohs)

Untitled Casa Bonita Documentary

South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone launch a hands-on attempt to restore the iconic Colorado “eatertainment” mecca Casa Bonita to its former glory.

(Director: Arthur Bradford)