NYC: Tribeca Film Festival Family Day on Saturday

Tribeca Film Festival's street fair in NYC. Photo: Tribeca Film Festival

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Saturday is family day in Tribeca. It's a day of FREE performances and activities for the whole family. This fun street fair starts at 10pm and runs through 6pm on Greenwich St.

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Nelson George - "All Hail the Beat"

Filmmaker Nelson George(@nelsongeorge) has done it again with "All Hail the Beat!" An incredible short documentary about the Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer drum machine, one of the first programmable machines.

The TR-808 was used to produce drum sounds for classic rap, r&b or techno songs(Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing" and Afrika Bambaataa's "Planet Rock"). The drum machine's sounds were so popular that even as samplers came into vogue, producers simply sampled the sounds from the unit and worked with them. Those sounds are used to produce beats heard in today's music.

This film was directed by Nelson George, and was part of the Focus Forward series(@FocusFwdFilms) for Tribeca Flim Festival '12.

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Tribeca Film Festival: The 2012 Vanity Fair Party

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Actor Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal welcomed New Yorkers and Hollywood to the TFF at an exclusive Vanity Fair cocktail Party in NYC.

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Tribeca Film Festival '12: "2 Days In New YorK"

"2 Days In New York" is a comedy directed by Julie Delpy starring Chris Rock and Julie Delpy showing at the TFF.

A French photographer Marion(Delpy) and her radio host boyfriend Mingus(Rock) who lives as a couple with their kids in a New York City apartment. The story unfolds when Marion's relatives comes to visit unannounced. Mingus struggles to stay sane during the two day visit.

Screenplay written by Julie Delpy and Alex and Nahon.

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TONIGHT: John Forte and Friends Perform At Bowery Ballroom

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John Forte and a few of his friends will perform on Sunday night at 9 pm(doors open at 8 pm) at the Bowery Ballroom in NYC.

They'll perform songs featured in the documentary "The Russian Winter"(directed by Petter Ringbom) which premiered at the TFF '12 on Friday.

The documentary follows Forte as a Fugee in Brownsville, Brooklyn to his prison stint in Texas. Finally, he reflects on his collaboration with Russian musicans and charity concert tour in Russia.

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2012 Tribeca Film Festival Opens April 18th-29th: "Once In A Lullaby: The PS22 Chorus Story" Documentary Trailer

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"Once In A Lullaby: The PS22 Chorus Story" is a behind the scenes documentary of a Staten Island elementary school choir who became a Youtube success. Because of their popular video, they were chosen to perform at the 2011 Academy Awards ceremony. 

In this documentary, you'll see some of the challenges the students endured from the beginning in New York to the stage at the Oscars.

You can catch this film at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival.

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To read the interview with director Gregg Breinberg click here...

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Tribeca Film Festival: "Booker's Place: A Mississippi Story" Trailer

"Booker's Place: A Mississippi Story" is a dramatic documentary about a documentary directed by filmmaker Frank De Felitta in 1960. 

The story unfolds when Director Raymond De Felitta explodes why his father decided to make this film with Booker Wright during segregation in Mississippi.  The director says, he knew there was a story to be told when he met Wright's granddaughter Yvette.

Wright ran a store during the day in Greenwood and he worked a restaurant at night. His participation in NBC's documentary directed by Frank De Felitta had a major impact on his life, and it ended tragically.

This documentary will debut on demand on Thursday,  April 26th at TFF.

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NBC documentary below(Wright appears at the 50 sec. mark)...

The 2012 Tribeca Film Festival Opens April 18th - 29th in NYC

The 11th Annual Tribeca Film Festival will open on Wednesday, April 18th and it will run through the 29th in NYC.

This festival promises to have something for everyone like public and private screenings, corporate events, panel discussions and much more(public screening April 28th- 29th only).

Tickets for the event are now on sale. 

This is an event that gets better every year. Get your tickets soon. Trust me, you don't want to miss it!

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Tribeca Film Festival: Young Filmmaker Remembers 9/11 - "The Second Day"

Young filmmaker, Brook Peters will premiere his documentary "The Second Day" at the Tribeca Film Family Festival.

This documentary film is about 9/11 seen through the eyes of kids, who were students at a school near the World Trade Center at the time of the tragedy.

There will be a free public screening on Saturday, April 30th at 2:30 pm.

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Will Leather Goods Presents: "The Making of Your Tribeca Bag"

You may have seen the official bag of the Tribeca Film Festival around New York this week.

This cool leather and canvas tote is handcrafted in El Paso,Texas.

Designed by William Adler whose inspiration is rooted in cinema and the arts.

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TFF: Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest

A Tribe Called Quest

'Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest' is a documentary about one of the most prolific groups of the 90's.

Director Michael Rapaport takes us behind-the-scenes with intercut interviews and performances by group members.

You may recall there were some tensions surrounding this film. Rapaport and Q-Tip had a falling out that hurt the promotion of the film. Rather than go into detail, I'll ask you to click this link to read about it(lot of stuff).

Showing at the Tribeca Film Festival. Click link for day and times.

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TFF Feature: "Grey Matter" - An Interview with Kivu Ruhorahoza

"Grey Matter" is in the World Narrative Competition at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York.

Filmmaker, Kivu Ruhorahoza tells his personal story of the genocide in Rowanda.

There are many films made about the subject matter, but none by a Rowandan.

This is the first feature film from Rowanda, ever.

Watch the interview with Ruhorahoza above and the trailer below...

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Elton John Opened 2011 Tribeca Film Festival in Battery Park

The Tribeca Film Festival gets bigger every year. I love the way they're able to make it work within the confines of Lower Manhattan, not spreading out too far.

10th Annual Tribeca Film Festival '11: Whoopie Goldberg Welcomes You!

Whoopie Goldberg welcomes you to the 10th Annual Tribeca Film Festival's website.

The festival starts on Wednesday, April 20th and runs through Sunday May 1st, in New York.

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The 10th Annual Tribeca Film Festival April 20th - May 1st: Tickets on Sale Now

The 10th Annual Tribeca Film Festival opens on April 20th and ends on May 1st in New York.

Single tickets can be purchased on Tuesday, April 12th at 11am and next week for the general public.

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