In recent years, the Tribeca Film Festival has quietly become a haven for buzzy documentaries — and the 14th annual fest, running through April 26 with tickets available at tribecafilm.com, is no exception.
Here are five more worth checking out.
‘Thought Crimes’
Documentarian Erin Lee Carr gets exclusive access to the mind of Gilberto Valle, better known as the Cannibal Cop.
‘The Wolfpack’
The film, already a winner at Sundance, explores the bizarre circumstances of the Angulo siblings, whose father kept them confined inside a cramped Lower East Side apartment for the majority of their young lives.
‘As I AM: The Life and Times of DJ AM’
Dance music is dominant right now and Adam Goldstein (DJ AM) can take a chunk of the credit.
This riveting new documentary, directed by Kevin Kerslake, charts how AM’s mash-ups reinvented club culture, but also tells the darker story of how drug addiction and other demons (including surviving a plane crash that killed four) led to his fatal overdose in 2009.
‘Indian Point’
This documentary explores the potential dangers of the controversial Indian Point nuclear power plant, located a mere 35 miles from Times Square.
‘A Ballerina’s Tale’
Live a day in the life of Misty Copeland, the first African-American female soloist at New York’s American Ballet Theatre in 20 years.