A documentary by Jennifer Lopez, a ‘Heat’ meeting and chat with chart-topping Taylor Swift are among the highlights of this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, which opens in New York on Wednesday.
López herself plans to attend the screening of ‘Halftime’a film about the singer and actor’s career that kicks off the annual 20-year event.
Later in the program, festival co-founder Robert De Niro will meet with his ‘Heat’ co-star Al Pacino and director Michael Mann to celebrate the 1995 crime drama’s place in film history.
“It was a movie I worked hard on. Michael Mann is a very particular director. He wants things to be done a certain way and for good reason… and that’s what makes the movie special,” De Niro told Reuters.
“I’m happy to share it with the festival audience and get some of us together.”
Rapper Lil Baby will take the stage after the premiere of his film ‘Untrapped’like Machine Gun Kelly after the screening of his feature film ‘Taurus’.
Swift, former tennis champion John McEnroe and civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton will talk about their own films at Tribeca Talks events.
The festival from June 8 to 19 will screen some 110 feature films from 40 countries, including documentaries on abortion, reparations and press freedom.
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“We select many of our films with an eye to a broader audience,” co-founder Jane Rosenthal told Reuters.
“You can learn something that you wouldn’t learn if you’re just watching TV shows and people are yelling at each other. So it gives the audience a chance to hear and see a point of view in a different way.”
