welcome to talking movies. in this edition, highlights from robert de niro s tribeca festival. lots on offer, lots to see in talking movies. the opening night film was kiss the future, co produced by matt damon. i love the role of art and music in an act of defiance. compelling documentaries from ukraine including one showing the power of laughter during war. and female film makers breaking records at tribeca with better representation than ever, and they were very pleased to be here. tribeca! it is the word on every movie director s lips. and the death of oscar winning actor on his moving short film paying tribute to his father. all that and more on this special tribeca edition of talking movies. for the past 12 days, new york city has been hosting the tribeca festival. it began on a somewhat ominous note with smoke and haze from canada s wildfires darkening the afternoon manhattan skies. but that didn t dampen festivities. tribeca has become a big enterprise, boasting 600 e
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people love hollywood actors, matt damon, robert de niro, ben affleck. tribeca isn t a world class film festival like venice or cannes but amid all the chaos that has a lot to offer, as they talking movies team has been finding out. tribeca kicked off with a music documentary set in the siege of sarajevo in the 1990s, it shows how rock music kept in the spirit of hope alive. i spoke to one of the film s producers, hollywood star matt damon. a long way from sarajevo but perhaps new york shares the same defined punk spirit that imbues the documentary kiss the future. the siege of sarajevo was a horrific war where people didn t have water, they were shot at but they had a necessity to connect and have
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