the opportunity to showcase their work. we ll be covering different aspects of the festival, asking if co founder robert de niro s strident anti trump rhetoric interfered with tribeca s celebration of cinema. he wants to do everything possible to mess things up. we ll also be seeing how activist or political films were making an impact, and films from around the world, including the story of a young somali girl who became an olympic athlete. and we sit down with one of america s great independent film makers, richard linklater. it s not hard coming up with the films you want to make. it s hard to get them financed sometimes, but people are going to make films somehow, some way. since 2002, lower manhattan has hosted the tribeca festival. among those instrumental in bringing it into being was the legendary actor robert de niro and his producing partner, jane rosenthal. originally, it was more of a civic restoration project designed to bring life back to the devastated tribeca
Higher. Titled newsnight now. Stop. Now on bbc news, its time for newsnight. Now on bbc news, its time for newsnight. This programme contains some strong language. Tonight, the strongest hurricane to hit the us for 13 years. And its also a test for their president. As thousands evacuate their homes amid rising floodwaters, donald trump makes landfall in texas. This was of epic proportion. Nobodys ever seen anything like this. Gabriel gatehouse has followed one family as they try to evacuate the most vulnerable from the middle of the floods. We were in evacuating patients for around three hours. And we ask the Texan National Guard what measures are being put in place to contain the damage. Is borisjohnson in trouble . The pm has defended her foreign secretary. Butjust how popular is he . Ive spoken to one figure who said that working with Boris Johnson is like walking a few feet behind a horse shovelling its shit. As japan awakes to nuclear sirens, we look at the countrys complicated hi
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