Tribeca is here, the annual film fest has started here in NYC which lots of movies all over the city. Tribeca has never been a favorite fest of mine, I personally find it to be overpriced when considering the quality of the theaters and the films, but nonetheless there are always a few films that peak my interest..

I’ve put my Tribeca picks below so check them out and be sure to and learn about how Tribeca is working to give young filmmakers a voice with their youth programs!

Theater of War (Directed by: John Walter)

As evidenced with his film How to Draw a Bunny, director John Walter is no stranger to examining the work of artists. With Theater of War, he moves from the pop artistry of Ray Johnson to the epic theater of Bertolt Brecht. Unending war and those who profit from it are among the chief concerns of Brecht’s timeless Mother Courage and Her Children, so it is perhaps unsurprising that Manhattan’s Public Theater chose to stage an outdoor production of this famously bleak epic play during the summer of 2006.

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The Sean Bell verdict has provoked outrage and action, as Gina blogged. Tonight, you can learn about police brutality and by attending a screening of Every Mother’s Son, Tami Gold’s award-winning documentary about the mothers of three victims of police brutality whose stories made headlines around the country: Amadou Diallo, the young West African man whose killing sparked intense public protest; Anthony Baez, killed in an illegal choke-hold; and Gary (Gidone) Busch, a Hasidic Jew shot and killed outside his Brooklyn home. The film follows the victims’ three mothers as they come together to demand justice and accountability. The film won the Tribeca Film Festival Audience Award and was nominated for an Emmy. And it was chosen to be part of National Video Resources’ Human Rights Video Project, a national library project created to increase the public’s awareness of human rights issues through the medium of documentary films. The screening and discussion is part of the Culture Project’s Women Center Stage Festival and is at 6PM @ The Puffin Room @ 435 Broome Street. Order tickets or buy them at the door tonight at the The Puffin Room.