With an emphasis on diversity in content and storytellers, New York's Tribeca Film Festival is set to kick off with highlights including documentaries about actor Rock Hudson and news anchor Dan Rather
Running from June 7 to June 18, nearly 70% of the competition feature films are directed by women. The festival is showcasing 43 first-time filmmakers, including many from traditionally underrepresented communities.
"One of the things about Tribeca is we have such a diverse offering of stories and filmmakers," co-creator Jane Rosenthal told Reuters ahead of the festival launch. Biopics and biographical documentaries will be big this year. Rosenthal highlighted a film about baseball player Bucky Dent directed by actor David Duchovny and the documentary about Hudson - one of the first public figures to die from AIDS complications - which uses archival footage and is "beautifully, beautifully told.
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