Navigator News (Coverage Ranks) Activities42215 Event42062 Tribeca Film Festival 6 Event2008 Tribeca Film Festival (5) Tribeca Film Festival Nature Film Festival Related People Robert De Niro 2 Madonna 2 Lou Reed 1 Rosie O'Donnell 1 Guy Ritchie 1 Sissy Spacek 1 Tina Fey 1 Elvis Presley 1 Al Gore 1 Meryl Streep 1 Mariah Carey 1 Michael Jackson 1 Natalie Portman 1 Events 2008 Tribeca Film Festival 5 Madonna Adoption in Malawi 1

Women take the documentary helm at Tribeca fest Documentaries are the perfect genre for women, says Sheila Johnson, who produced "A Powerful Noise," a portrait of female activists and one of dozens of female-helmed documentaries playing this year at New York's Tribeca Film Festival. 2008-05-02 Activities: [2008 Tribeca Film Festival] Film celebrates tightrope walk between Twin Towers Even before they were built, New York's Twin Towers provided a dream for Philippe Petit, and he spent six years chasing that dream until he conquered them with a spectacular, illegal act. 2008-05-02 Activities: [2008 Tribeca Film Festival] Mariah makes another road-trip flick Seven years after making what is widely regarded as one of the worst movies ever, Mariah Carey is back with another road-trip flick. 2008-04-29 People: [Mariah Carey] [Elvis Presley] Activities: [2008 Tribeca Film Festival] NY festival showcases films on Muslim world Seven years after New York's Tribeca neighborhood was shaken by the attacks on the city's World Trade Center, the area has become a bazaar for movies about and from the Muslim world. 2008-04-26 People: [Robert De Niro] Activities: [2008 Tribeca Film Festival] Madonna shows her documentary on Malawi at Tribeca festival NEW YORK (AP) -- Madonna's harrowing new documentary on Malawi is clearly designed to draw attention to the poverty-stricken nation's plight and help to its people. But the superstar doesn't think much about enlisting aid from the U.S. government. 2008-04-26 People: [Madonna] [Rosie O'Donnell] [Guy Ritchie] [Natalie Portman] Activities: [2008 Tribeca Film Festival] [Madonna Adoption in Malawi] Headlines Women take the documentary helm at Tribeca fest 2008-05-02 Film celebrates tightrope walk between Twin Towers 2008-05-02 Mariah makes another road-trip flick 2008-04-29 NY festival showcases films on Muslim world 2008-04-26 Madonna shows her documentary on Malawi at Tribeca festival 2008-04-26 Tribeca hopes for rebound after criticism last year 2008-04-21 Most-viewed NY festival showcases films on Muslim world 2008-04-26 Mariah makes another road-trip flick 2008-04-29 Tribeca hopes for rebound after criticism last year 2008-04-21 Madonna shows her documentary on Malawi at Tribeca festival 2008-04-26 Film celebrates tightrope walk between Twin Towers 2008-05-02 Women take the documentary helm at Tribeca fest 2008-05-02

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