Burning Cane, the feature debut of 19-year-old New Orleans filmmaker Phillip Youmans, will World Premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on Thursday, April 25 in the Narrative Competition section.
Films
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Teen Filmmaker Phillip Youmans’ BURNING CANE, Starring Wendell Pierce, to World Premiere at Tribeca Film Festival
Burning Cane
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QUIET STORM: THE RON ARTEST STORY, Intimate Look at the NBA Star, to Debut on Showtime
Quiet Storm: The Ron Artest Story The award-winning documentary Quiet Storm: The Ron Artest Story, directed by Johnny Sweet, and based on the turbulent life of one of the NBA’s most controversial figures will premiere on SHOWTIME during Mental Health Awareness Month on Friday, May 31 at 10 p.m. ET/PT.
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RENEGADE DREAMERS Chronicles Artists Carrying on Tradition of Radical Folk Singers of the 60’s
Renegade Dreamers Renegade Dreamers, a new feature documentary by acclaimed filmmaker Karen Kramer (The Jolo Serpent Handlers, The Ballad of Greenwich Village), is a window into the New York spoken word poets and folk singers of today who use their art for social change, interwoven with the Beat poets and radical protest singers of the legendary Greenwich Village coffee house scene of the ‘60s that started it all. This timely film will enjoy a week-long theatrical release starting May 31 at Cinema Village, in the heart of the Village’s vibrant creative community.
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Watch First SEAHORSE Trailer on Transgender Dad Who Decides to Carry His Own Baby
STILL FROM SEAHORSE. A British trans man, pregnant with his son walks on the beach. Jeanie Finlay’s Seahorse, that follows a gay transgender man who decides to carry his own baby, released the first trailer ahead of its World Premiere at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival on Saturday, April 27th.
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Ximan Li’s IN A NEW YORK MINUTE to World Premiere at Newport Beach Film Festival
IN A NEW YORK MINUTE IN A NEW YORK MINUTE from first time writer/director Ximan Li will have its World Premiere at the 2019 Newport Beach Film Festival on Sunday, April 28, 2019.
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GAY CHORUS DEEP SOUTH Chronicling The San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus’ Tour to World Premiere at Tribeca Film Festival
GAY CHORUS DEEP SOUTH. After an emotional performance in Charlotte, chorus members console each other. Gay Chorus Deep South, the powerful new documentary feature chronicling The San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus’ life-changing Lavender Pen Tour through five southern states in the fall of 2017, will make its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on Monday, April 29, 2019 followed by a special performance from members of The San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus.
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OUR TIME MACHINE Docu on Chinese Artist Maleonn to World Premiere at Tribeca Film Festival
OUR TIME MACHINE. Maleonn working on bird sculpture. Courtesy Maleonn Studio. Yang Sun and S. Leo Chiang’s OUR TIME MACHINE is an intimate look at Chinese artist Maleonn(Ma Liang) as he sets out to stage an ambitious performance piece about time and memory when his father, the former artistic director of the Shanghai Chinese Opera Theater, is diagnosed with dementia. Maleonn hopes the work will bring the them together artistically and personally but as time goes on, and his father’s condition deteriorates, he is torn between the original goal to honor his father and the pressure of finding commercial success.
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Watch Trailer for FRAMING JOHN DELOREAN Starring Alec Baldwin, Premiering at Tribeca Film Festival
Framing John Delorean Sundance Selects debuted the trailer for Framing John Delorean directed by Don Argott and Sheena M. Joyce; and starring Alec Baldwin, Josh Charles (The Good Wife) and Morena Baccarin (Deadpool, Gotham). Framing John Delorean will World Premiere at 2019 Tribeca Film Festival on April 30, 2019, and released in select theaters and VOD on June 7th, 2019.
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World Premiere of RUNNER to Open, THE WEIGHT OF WATER to Close 2019 DocLands Documentary Film Festival
Runner directed by Bill Gallagher Now in its third year, the 2019 edition of DocLands Documentary Film Festival kicks off Thursday, May 2 with the World Premiere of RUNNER; director Bill Gallagher and film subject Guor Marial will be in attendance. The four-day festival will showcase 44 films from 14 countries, with 36 filmmakers in attendance. The Closing Night Film will be the Bay Area Premiere of THE WEIGHT OF WATER with Emmy Award winning director Michael Brown and film subject Erik Weihenmayer attending.
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Martin Scorsese-Produced, Tribeca Winner DIANE Opens March 29th
Tribeca Film Festival award-winner Diane, directed by Kent Jones, and exec-produced by Martin Scorsese will open in theaters on March 29. Diane starring Mary Kay Place, Jake Lacy, Estelle Parsons, Andrea Martin, Deirdre O’Connell, Phyllis Somerville, Glynis O’Connor, and Joyce Van Patten won the awards for Best Narrative Feature, Best Cinematography and Best Screenplay at Tribeca Film Festival.
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Documentary AI WEIWEI: YOURS TRULY to World Premiere at San Francisco International Film Festival
“AI WEIWEI: YOURS TRULY” director Cheryl Haines talking to Ai Weiwei about the exhibit in Alcatraz. The feature length documentary film Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly, directed by Cheryl Haines, has its World Premiere special Marquee Presentation screening during the San Francisco International Film Festival 2019, on Sunday, April 14th at the Castro Theatre.
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South African Documentary BUDDHA IN AFRICA to World Premiere at Hot Docs
Buddha in Africa The documentary, Buddha in Africa by South African filmmaker, Nicole Schafer, will World Premiere at the 2019 Hot Docs Canadian International Festival taking place April 25 to May 5. The film will be presented in competition in the International Spectrum program. The winner of the Hot Docs Best International Feature Documentary Award will qualify for consideration for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.