TRIBECA TV
Black Fruit (World Premiere)
Indie Episodic (NOW) | Germany | 35 MINUTES | German | English subtitles | Comedy, Drama, LGBTQIA+, Romance, Narrative, Expressions of Black Freedom
When Lalo is thrown off course by the sudden death of his father, he suppresses his loss with impulsive actions that disrupt his life. While he and his best friend Karla, both in their mid-twenties, queer and Black in Germany, try to shape who they want to become, they are forced to grapple with the limits of their flexibility.
Director: Elisha Smith-Leverock, David Uzochukwu | Producer: Raquel Dukpa and Olivia Kpalété
I Need Your Love (World Premiere)
Indie Episodic (NOW)| United States | 24 MINUTES | English | New York, Women, Comedy, Drama, LGBTQIA+, Music
I Need Your Love is a bittersweet comedy about pop singer Camille Trust’s struggle to make a name for herself in New York’s cutthroat music scene—from sleazy producers and vengeful Swifties to heartbreak and self-sabotage. It’s raw. It’s messy. And most of it actually happened.
Director: Walker Kalan | Project Creator: Walker Kalan, Camille Trust | Cast: Camille Trust, Inès Nassara, Athan Chekas, Willy Rincón, Ben Becher
Melissa Etheridge: I’m Not Broken (World Premiere)
Tribeca TV | United States | 120 MINUTES | English | Women, Documentary, Music
An inspiring story of healing and transcendence through the power of music, when five female residents from the Topeka Correctional Facility write letters to Etheridge, she uses their letters as inspiration to create and perform an original song for them. Having recently lost her son to opioids, Etheridge works to understand and interrupt the cycle of addiction while connecting with these women who, so often, are forgotten by society. With female incarceration rates up 700 percent since 1980, Etheridge bonds with the women through the conduit of music as an act of empathy, understanding, and hope.
Director: Brian Morrow, Amy Scott | Producer: Jonathan Lynch | Cast: Melissa Etheridge
After the Screening: A short acoustic performance by Melissa Etheridge, presented by City National Bank, at the Beacon Theatre.
Mr. Loverman (World Premiere)
Tribeca TV | UK | 63 MINUTES | English | Comedy, Drama, LGBTQIA+, Expressions of Black Freedom
Based on the novel by Booker winner Bernardine Evaristo, Mr. Loverman is the story of Barry (Lennie James); a 74-year-old, Antiguan-born, exuberant Hackney personality known for his dapper taste. His wife Carmel (Sharon D Clarke) suspects he’s been cheating. Little does she know what’s really going on: a secret, passionate affair with his best friend and soulmate, Morris (Ariyon Bakare). Now facing his final chapter, Barry has big choices to make that will force his family to question their futures.
Director: Hong Khaou | Producer: Irma Inniss | Cast: Lennie James, Sharon D Clarke, Ariyon Bakare
After the Screening: A conversation with executive producer and cast member Lennie James and writer and associate producer Nathaniel Price.
Juice (US Premiere)
Indie Episodic (NOW) | UK | 28 MINUTES | English | Comedy
Juice follows Jamma (Mawaan Rizwan), who desperately wants to be the center of attention but his family are constantly stealing his thunder. And when he finally does get the validation from boyfriend Guy (Russell Tovey), he can’t handle it. Jamma’s hyperactive imagination goes into overdrive and the world transforms around him.
