The 2024 Tribeca festival is just around the corner, and this year's selections include a number of highly anticipated documentaries about musicians from the worlds of rock, pop, country and EDM.
The festivities will begin on June 5 with its world premiere Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Chargea profile of the life of the fashion designer and cultural icon directed by Tribeca alums Trish Dalton and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy.
During almost two weeks (June 5-16) the festival will include screenings of a number of important musical documents such as They all went out to Montreuxa look at Switzerland's annual half-century jazz festival featuring Prince, Carlos Santana, Sting, Aretha Franklin and the Rolling Stones' Keith Richards.
Attendees will also be able to check out Linda Perry: Let it die herea look at the highly successful former 4 Non Blondes singer turned songwriter-producer with Dolly Parton, Brandi Carlile and Christina Aguilera, as well as a film about the late EDM superstar Avicci, Avicii – I'm Tim, featuring Coldplay's Chris Martin and David Guetta. In addition to checking the doc Satisfied for actress/singer Renée Elise Goldsberry (Hamilton, Girls5eva), Goldsberry (and Perry) will appear after the world premiere of their respective films.
Other music films will examine the career of techno producer Carl Craig (Desire: The Carl Craig Story), civil rights activist/singer Harry Belafonte (Following Harry), Bruce Springsteen guitarist and actor “Little” Steven Van Zandt (Stevie Van Zandt: Student), artist/singer Genesis P-Orridge (S/He Is Still Her/e – The Official Genesis P-Orridge Doc) and 1990s alternative goddess Ani DiFranco (1-800-TO-HER), as well as a document on the country's new crop of insurgents, Revolutionary countrywith Blanco Brown, Jelly Roll, Lainey Wilson and BRELAND.
“Each year, the Tribeca festival reflects our culture, capturing the essence of the present moment. We're thrilled to present our 23rd edition, delving into fascinating explorations of artificial intelligence with Demis Hassabis, thought-provoking discussions about the future of democracy, and more,” said Tribeca CEO/co-founder Jane Rosenthal in a statement. “Storytelling has a remarkable ability to bring us together, offering hope in these difficult times. We look forward to engaging with audiences on difficult but timely issues.”
Among the features released this year is a film about a young woman growing up on the Oglala Lakota reservation in South Dakota, Fancy (Lily Gladstone), Dad (Dakota Johnson, Sean Penn), The Brat Pack doc Brats (directed by Andrew McCarthy and starring Demi Moore, Ally Sheedy, Rob Lowe, Molly Ringwald and Lea Thompson) Sacramento (Michael Cera, Kristen Stewart, Maya Erskine) and Liza: A truly terrible, completely true story with archival footage of Liza Minelli.
Other movies on tap include; Group Therapy (Neil Patrick Harris, Mike Birbiglia, Tig Notaro) Everything we love (Margaret Cho, Jesse Tyler Ferguson) and a deep dive into the world of queer stand-up, Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution (Lily Tomlin, Wanda Sykes, Rosie O'Donnell, Hannah Gadsby and Joel Kim Booster).
According to a release, this year's films “speak to today's political moment and inform voters ahead of the upcoming election,” including a screening of Hacking Hate, a film by Simon Klose that “challenges the role of social media in fueling hate speech and extremism.” Among the other politically charged films are McVeighan exploration of the chilling modern effects of right-wing extremism directed by Mike Ott and America is burningin which Michael Douglas narrates director David Smick's look at the roots of hatred and division.
The cranes are calling is a profile of war crimes investigators for the Clooney Foundation For Justice, in which director Laura Warner takes a look at the brave officers of the organization founded by George and Amal Clooney as they risk their lives crossing war-torn Ukraine to gather evidence for cases against Russian soldiers and commanders. We'll also take a look at the deadly, repressive regime of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin (Antidote) and a paper on the daring rescue of animals trapped behind enemy lines in Ukraine, Checkpoint Zoo.
This year's expanded program will feature 103 films by 114 filmmakers from 48 countries — out of a record 13,016 submissions — including 86 world premieres, two international premieres, six North American premieres and eight New York premieres. Additionally, half of the films in the competition were directed by women and 35% (36) were directed by BIPOC filmmakers.
Check out a 2024 Tribeca reel below.
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