National Geographic Documentary Films screened Into the Okavango at the Tribeca Film Festival this year. The documentary follows an expedition down the Okavango River in Africa. Dr. Steve Boyes leads a research team from the source all the way down to the delta in order to discover why and how the river is drying up. The river flows from Angola through Namibia into Botswana. It is the life source for animals as well as people, and, until now, it has never been fully surveyed. The expedition took about four months to do
Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women is a classic piece of literature for a reason: it is a timeless and universal portrait of women. Written by a woman about women in a time when women were relegated to the sidelines, it has been adapted for stage and screen to varying degrees of success. This Masterpiece on PBS adaptation is, based on the first part aired at the Tribeca Film Festival, a resounding success. Beginning during the Civil War, Little Women focuses on the March family. While Mr. March (Dylan Baker) is
The hit novel, Sweetbitter, makes its way to the small screen, premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival. Writer Stephanie Danler is a writer and producer on the new Starz series so the feel of the novel translates well. It’s 2006, and Tess (Ella Purnell) arrives in New York City in her beat-up car with no ambition and nothing but a few trash bags to her name. The only ambition she had was the drive to leave her Midwest home behind for something better. Needing a way to pay rent, she
Writer-director Melissa Miller Costanzo’s feature film debut, All These Small Moments, is an exploration of the moments that define what a person is. Teenager Howie (Brendan Meyer) is trying to get through his parents will they-or-won’t they divorce dance as best he can. His father, Tom (Brian d’Arcy James), still loves his wife but bumbles around wondering how they have lost their youthful passions. His mother, Carla (Molly Ringwald), has emotionally checked out of their marriage but is attempting how to keep their family working. Howie mostly tries to make everyone