2023-06-07 13:08:11
Nora Quintanilla
New York, June 7 The Tribeca Film Festival returns to New York this Wednesday with an outstanding selection of stories about musical icons such as U2, Carlos Santana, Cyndi Lauper, Gloria Gaynor, Alicia Keys, French Montana, Gogol Bordello or the Indigo Girls, who are part of a deluxe “soundtrack”.
The festival was created by actor Robert De Niro after the attacks of September 11, 2001 to help revitalize lower Manhattan, but two decades later it has become a major event for film creatives – and, increasingly, from other disciplines – with points of view and projects as diverse as the city itself.
This edition, which is being held between today and June 18, will host more than a hundred films, most of them world premieres, and it is striking that many of them are feature-length documentaries that tell the ins and outs of the world of music in the first person. by the hand of renowned singers and groups.
The film chosen for the opening gala is “Kiss the future”: directed by Nenad Cicin-Sain and produced by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, it focuses on the concert that U2 gave in Sarajevo in 1997 to celebrate the liberation of the Bosnian capital and in the artistic community that worked to make it possible.
Although a performance by the Irish band in Tribeca is not scheduled, their singer Bono made an appearance at the world premiere at the Berlinale last February, so surprises should not be ruled out.
What is certain, according to the schedule, is that a few musical figures will take to the stage to complement the first broadcasts of their films, putting on a kind of soundtrack that threatens to eclipse interest in the more purely cinematographic aspects.
LONG LIST OF MUSICAL STORIES
The first is Gloria Gaynor, star of “Gloria Gaynor: I will survive” (June 9), a film that talks about how the singer has survived the four decades after her great musical success between health problems, abuse from her now ex-husband and mismanagement of her career, and is preparing to release a new gospel album.
Cyndi Lauper will perform after the premiere of “Let the canary sing” (June 14), in which she reviews her humble origins and professional rise; and Carlos Santana will take the stage after the screening of “Carlos” (June 17), which tells his story and includes unpublished images.
In “Scream of my blood: a Gogol Bordello story” (June 13), Eugene Hütz, leader of the punk band Gogol Bordello, explores the influence of his Ukrainian and Roma origins, and of events from the fall of the Soviet Union to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Rapper French Montana will perform after the premiere of “For Khadija” (June 16), which applauds the “sacrifices of her single mother”, and the Indigo Girls, the award-winning folk rock duo, will speak after the screening of “It’s only life after all ” (June 14), which delves into their 35 years of friendship, art and activism.
Tribeca’s music documentaries aren’t just about big names: “Uncharted” (June 10) enters Alicia Keys’ musicwriting camp for young black women, shifting the spotlight to its leading ladies under the supervision of the well-known singer in a later act.
And “Bad like Brooklyn dancehall” (June 8) delves into the popularization of this genre in New York in the 80s and 90s thanks to Jamaican immigrants, with the expected performance of two legends who collaborate on the film: Shaggy and Sean Paul.
Against all these titles, “Maestra” stands out with an exploration of gender expectations in classical music, following a group of women who participate in a competition to be conductors.
The list goes on and on, with films featuring the band Milli Vanilli, rapper Biz Markie, singer Marc Rebillet, rapper Tierra Whack, singer/actress Sara Bareilles, multi-talented artist Taylor Mac, and includes a screening of “Wild Styles ” for the 50th anniversary of the hip-hop genre. EFE
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