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New York (AFP) – A documentary on Jennifer Lopez for the opening, and another on the Reverend Al Sharpton, figure of the struggle for civil rights, in closing: the Tribeca film festival in New York (June 8-19) announced its programming tuesday.
In total, the festival co-founded in 2002 by actor Robert De Niro to help New York recover from the attacks of September 11, 2001 will present 110 feature films — including 88 world premieres — and 43 short films in competition.
It will open on June 8 with the world premiere of “Halftime”, a documentary chronicling the career of actress and singer Jennifer Lopez which will be broadcast a few days later on Netflix.
The fight for civil rights in the United States features prominently on the poster for this 21st edition, with “After Selma” by Sam Pollard, on the battle for the right to vote in the South of the United States in the years 60, or “The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks”, on this emblematic figure of the anti-segregation movement.
Among other documentaries in this register are “CIVIL”, on the lawyer Ben Crump, specializing in the defense of the families of victims of police violence, including that of George Floyd, as well as “Loudmouth”, a portrait of the pastor and activist Al Sharpton, who will close the festival on June 19.
Also on the program, “The YouTube Effect”, on the controversial algorithm of the online video site, or “Rudy! A documusical”, dedicated to the former mayor of New York and Donald Trump’s lawyer, Rudy Giuliani.
On the fiction side, the poster will include “Alone Together”, a romance by Katie Holmes on confinement during the Covid pandemic, the black comedy “American Dreamer”, with Matt Dillon and Danny Glover, and “Good Girl Jane”, a film about adolescent fragility and drug addiction, which features Andie MacDowell.
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