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Lopez herself is scheduled to attend the
screening of “Halftime”, a film about the singer and actor's
career which kicks off the 20-year-old annual event.
Further down the program, festival co-founder Robert De Niro
will reunite with his “Heat” co-star Al Pacino and director
Michael Mann to celebrate the 1995 crime drama's place in film
history.
“It was a movie I worked hard on. Michael Mann is a very
particular director. He wants things done a certain way and
rightfully so ... and that's what makes the movie special," De
Niro told Reuters.
"I'm happy to share it with the festival audience and to get a
few of us together."
Rapper Lil Baby will take the stage after the premiere of his
movie “Untrapped”, as will Machine Gun Kelly after the screening
of his feature film “Taurus”.
Swift, former tennis champion John McEnroe and civil rights
activist Rev. Al Sharpton will all be discussing their own films
at Tribeca Talks events.
The June 8-19 festival will screen some 110 feature films from
40 countries, including documentaries on abortion, reparations,
and freedom of the press.
"We curate a lot of our films with an eye towards the larger
audience," co-founder Jane Rosenthal told Reuters.
“You might learn something that you wouldn't if you're just
watching talk TV and people are yelling at each other. So, it
gives an audience an opportunity to listen and see a point of
view in a different way."
(Reporting by Alicia Powell; Editing by Andrew Heavens)
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