Directed by Les Blank
Produced by Denny Cordell, Leon Russell, and Blank
Released by Janus Films
USA. 90 min. Not rated
With Leon Russell, J.J. Cale, George Jones, Willie Nelson, Eric Andersen, Johnny Gimble, and Willis Alan Ramsey
Les Blank’s A Poem Is a Naked Person is a beautifully restored 1974 rock ‘n’ roll time capsule of Leon Russell. It’s […]
Directed by Sean Baker
Produced by Marcus Cox, Karrie Cox, Darren Dean, Shih-Ching Tsou
Written by Baker and Chris Bergoch
Released by Magnolia Pictures
USA. 87 min. Rated R
With Kitana Kiki Rodriguez, Mya Taylor, James Ransone, Karren Karagulian, Mickey O’Hagan and Alla Tumanian
Writer/director Sean Baker has made wonderful indie films that are sparkling gems of originality and fresh perspectives […]
Directed by Matthew Heineman
Produced by Heineman and Tom Yellin
Released by the Orchard
English and Spanish with English subtitles
USA/Mexico. 100 min. Not Rated
Organized vigilantes have arisen on both sides of the U.S./Mexico border out of frustration with what they see as inadequate government response to the violent cartels terrorizing farmers and ranchers and smuggling drugs and people. […]
Directed by Debra Granik
Produced by Anne Rosellini
Released by Still Rolling Productions
English and Spanish with English subtitles
USA. 98 min. Not rated
Stray Dog is a surprisingly touching road trip through the heart of America on a Harley-Davidson, where people in double-wides help each other as they struggle to get through posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), addictions, pain, […]
Directed by Eran Riklis
Produced by Bettina Brokemper, Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre, Michael Eckelt, Chilik Michaeli
Written by Sayed Kashua, based on his novels Dancing Arabs, Let It Be Morning and Second Person Singular
Released by Strand Releasing
Israel. 104 min. Not rated
In Hebrew and Arabic with English subtitles
With Tawfeek Barhom, Ali Suliman, Yaël Abecassis, Michael Moshonov, Danielle Kitsis, Razi […]
Directed by Bill Pohlad
Produced by Pohlad, John Wells, and Claire Rudnick Polstein
Written by Oren Moverman and Michael Alan Lerner
Released by Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions
USA. 120 min. Rated PG-13
With John Cusack, Paul Dano, Elizabeth Banks, Paul Giamatti, Brett Davern, Bill Camp, and Jake Abel
The opening montage of this intriguing biopic breezily goes through the conventional public story […]
Some of the most involving documentaries featured at previous Tribeca Film Festivals have creatively explored family histories, including The Flat and The Arbor, revealing and attempting to reconcile with the past. In two films this year, adult sons confronted their fathers, in memory and in person.
In My Father’s House
On Chicago’s South Side (President Obama’s […]
The Tribeca Film Festival is one of country’s largest showcases for a broad range of American and international documentaries, covering politics to culture and nostalgia, along with family journeys that reveal larger social issues. Those in New York this April are in luck; you can’t always count on postfestival theatrical, cable, or public television distribution. […]
Directed by Albert Maysles, Nelson Walker Lynn True, David Usui, and Ben Wu
Produced by True and Walker
USA. 76 min. World premiere
The last documentary in the influential, 50 year-plus career of the late Albert Maysles, In Transit beautifully passes the baton of his “direct cinema” to co-directors Nelson Walker and Lynn True and first-time feature filmmakers […]
