FIFTEENTH ANNUAL TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL LAUNCHES TRIBECA TUNE IN TO SHOWCASE SOME OF THE BEST IN TELEVISION March 14th, 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFIFTEENTH ANNUAL TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL LAUNCHES TRIBECA TUNE IN TO SHOWCASE SOME OF THE BEST IN TELEVISION
Premieres include History's Roots, TNT's Animal Kingdom, HBO's The Night Of, OWN's drama series Greenleaf, and Comedy Central's Time Traveling Bong.
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Special events include series finale conversation with creators and cast of The Good Wife and a retrospective finale screening from Six Feet Under with a live commentary from creator Alan Ball
NEW YORK, NY- March 14, 2016 -The 15th annual Tribeca Film Festival (TFF), presented by AT&T, today announced a further expansion of TV with a new program, Tribeca Tune In. The Festival will feature a combination of world premieres and special events, including season sneak peeks and finales, and dynamic conversations with some of the most prolific and creative directors, producers, writers and actors in television. Tribeca Tune In features six season premieres, three sneak peeks and season finales, three conversations and four special events.
Six anticipated new television series will premiere at this year's festival. Oprah Winfrey will join fellow executive producers and cast members for the world premiere of OWN's new original drama series Greenleaf, which marks her return to acting in a recurring role. The creative team will be on hand for a conversation following the premiere episode. Other series premiering at TFF include HBO's limited drama series about the criminal justice system The Night Of, starring John Turturro; the History event series Roots starring Forest Whitaker, Anna Paquin and Laurence Fishburne; TNT's new drama Animal Kingdom starringJohn Wells, Scott Speedman and Ellen Barkin; and AMC's espionage drama The Night Manager directed by Susanne Bier and starring Tom Hiddleston. In addition, the producers and stars of Broad City, Ilana Glazer, Paul W. Downs, and Lucia Aniello will premiere their new three episode limited series Time Traveling Bong, on Comedy Central.
Highlights also include episodes from season two of the Netflix original series Grace and Frankie, which Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and the creators of the series will attend, Netflix's Chef's Table, and a sneak peek of Comedy Central's Broad City season three finale. Conversations will take place with show host Samantha Bee and head writer Jo Miller of TBS's new nighttime talk show Full Frontal; executive producers Jill Kargman, Elisa Zuritsky, and Julie Rottenberg of Bravo's New York based original comedy Odd Mom Out; and the creators of Amazon's critically-acclaimed comedy Catastrophe Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney.
A number of special television events round out the programming. To commemorate CBS's The Good Wife's series farewell, there will be a final conversation with the show creators Robert & Michelle King and cast including Julianna Margulies, Christine Baranski Cush Jumbo and more along with a sneak peek at the evening's episode, which will air later that night. Programming also includes a special screening of the series finale of HBO's Six Feet Under, in recognition of the fifteenth anniversary, with live commentary from creator/director Alan Ball. Other special events include a marathon screening of ESPN Films' O.J.: Made in America 7.5 hour documentary about O.J. Simpson; and a special screening of the documentary For the Love of Spock, which celebrates the 50th Anniversary of Star Trek through a personal, intimate look at the life and career of Leonard Nimoy and his alter-ego Mr. Spock, as told by his son Adam Nimoy.
Since TFF celebrated the show finale of Friends in 2004 to last year's festival which showcased premieres of Inside Amy Schumer, Chef's Table, and the Golden Globe winning Mr Robot, TFF has long since championed storytelling in a multitude of ways including traditional and online television platforms, said Genna Terranova, Festival Director at the Tribeca Film Festival. Tribeca Tune In gives us the opportunity to invite people off their couches and share their love and curiosity for great storytelling together. This years selection is a showcase of the innovative voices, comedic creators and visionary producers who are making TV the exceptional medium it is today.
TRIBECA TUNE IN
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After the episode: Conversation with stars Ellen Barkin, Scott Speedman, Shawn Hatosy and Executive Producers John Wells and Jonathan Lisco.
Sunday 4/17, 2:30 PM, SVA1
Greenleaf (OWN)premiere
Oprah Winfrey joins fellow executive producers and cast members for the world premiere of OWN's new original drama series Greenleaf from Lionsgate TV, debuting this June. Featuring Winfrey's return to acting on television in a recurring role, the series takes viewers into the unscrupulous world of the powerful Greenleaf family and their Memphis megachurch where secrets and lies are as numerous as the faithful.
After the episode: Conversation with executive producer and actress Oprah Winfrey; executive producers Craig Wright and Clement Virgo and actors Merle Dandridge, Keith David and Lynn Whitfield.
Wednesday 4/20, 5:00 PM, John Zuccotti Theater @ BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center
Roots (History) premiere
TFF attendees will get a special opportunity to see an episode of HISTORY's eight-hour miniseries, Roots, in advance of its Memorial Day premiere. Roots is a historical portrait of American slavery that follows one family over many generations. The lineage begins with young Kunta Kinte, who is captured in his homeland of The Gambia and transported in brutal conditions to colonial America. Recounting the jo
