An ornery, chain-smoking, newly widowed 80-year-old Grandma (Tsai Chin) lives an independent life that creates concerns for her family. One day, Grandma decides to head to the casino after a local fortune teller (Wai Ching Ho) says great fortune is coming her way. Boy, was she in for a surprise.
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2019 Tribeca Film Festival Red Carpet THE DOG DOC
Dr. Marty Goldstein is one of the people responsible for building a mecca for holistic care, combining conventional medical training with cutting edge alternative therapies. Dr. Marty’s deeply empathetic philosophy offers a vital example of how improving overall health rather than merely treating disease can be transformative for all living beings.
XY CHELSEA Red Carpet, Tribeca Film Festival 2019
Documentary is about Chelsea Manning, a former U.S. Army soldier and intelligence analyst convicted of leaking classified U.S. documents to WikiLeaks about the torture and abuse of detainees and the unreported deaths of over 15,000 civilians involving the U.S. military. While imprisoned, Manning, a trans woman, also began to transition medically.
2019 Tribeca Film Festival Hilights
Estimated attendance of more than 146,000 people estimated attendance of more than 146,000 people to 618 screenings and Talks, and the Virtual Arcade and Tribeca Cinema360.
to 618 screenings and Talks, and the Virtual Arcade and Tribeca Cinema360.
Interview: Award Winning SCHEME BIRDS Filmmakers, Tribeca Film Festival 2019
A coming of age documentary film unlike any coming of age film in recent memory. SCHEME BIRD centers on Scottish teenager Gemma and the people in her life trying to survive in an impoverished town.
Breaking News: 2019 Tribeca Film Festival Jury Awards Announced, 19-year-old Director Wins Top Prize
Phillip Youmans, the first African-American director to win The Founders Award, Best Narrative Feature, for Burning Cane, is the youngest director to have a feature in Tribeca. He wrote, directed, and shot the film at age 17. Besides Burning Cane,…
New CUNY Chancellor’s First Day at Work “Greetings”
“I want to thank you for placing your confidence in me. I will spend each and every day working to justify that confidence and to meet the high expectations for this institution I love. I look forward to working with the Board of Trustees, and the entire University community, as we begin to move on into CUNY’s next chapter together.¡Saludos!”
Error Correction May 2: A Wardrobe Mishap? Nah! A Zany Unexpected Moment? Could Be! Tribeca Film Festival 2019 Red Carpet, DRIVEWAYS
There was an error misidentifying CRSHD red carpet footage as DRIVEWAYS footage. Here is the link to the corrected video footage. Correct articles and footage in the works.
Gregg W. Morris can be reached gmorris@hunter.cuny.edu
AFTER PARKLAND Red Carpet, Tribeca Film Festival 2019 – April 26
The effort that goes into making those money shots for photorgraphers, vidoemakers, filmmakers …
Tribeca Film Festival 2019 Hub Interview
Interview of Film Enthusiast Theresa from Oakland hanging out in TFF Hub before going to her next film