Tribeca Film Festival

We hit up the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival in NYC, and best believe that some amazing Black stories on film are coming our way!

NEW YORK (AP) — Phillip Youmans was just 17 and finishing high school when he completed his lyrical debut feature film, “Burning Cane.” Now, his movie has won the top award at the 18th Tribeca Film Festival. “Burning Cane” won three awards at Tribeca on Thursday, including best U.S. narrative feature. The film also took […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The 18th Tribeca Film Festival moved uptown on Wednesday for an opening night that honored an elder New York institution: the Apollo Theater. Roger Ross Williams’ “The Apollo” premiered at the iconic Harlem music hall whose 85-year history is chronicled in Williams’ documentary. The movie and setting added up to a […]

Cast members of In Living Color will reunite at the 18th annual Tribeca Film Festival for a conversation following a screening of the pilot episode of the 90’s sketch comedy series. The HuffPost reports that the festival will for the first time celebrate anniversaries and milestones of iconic television shows. “In Living Color” ran for four years from 1990 to […]

Ready for some dope news on #BiggieDay? In commemoration of the 20th anniversary of Bad Boy Entertainment, Diddy will premiere Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop: The Bad Boy Story at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival. The long-awaited documentary gives a behind-the-scenes look at Bad Boy’s legacy as Diddy rallies the label’s key players for last year’s reunion shows at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. “I […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Documentaries about Whitney Houston, Gilbert Gottfried, Elian Gonzalez and Frank Serpico will premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival. The New York festival announced 82 of the 98 features that will play in this year’s slightly slimmed-down slate. Among the entries are “Gilbert,” Neil Berkeley’s documentary about the comedian; “Elian,” the Alex […]

        The hype train for the 20th anniversary of rapper Nasir “Nas” Jones’ seminal work “Illmatic” continues to chug along with the release of…

For iPhone:  Retired NBA star and former Philadelphia 76ers point guard Allen Iverson is the subject of a documentary making its sold out world premiere on April 27 at the Tribeca Film Festival. “Iverson” features the controversial 11-time All Star and the 2001 MVP telling his story in his own words, including the career defining moments […]

2014 marks the 20th anniversary of the landmark Nas debut “Illmatic.” In celebration of the anniversary, a documentary chronicling the time, the making of the…