Following Films Podcast: Tribeca 2022 Elena Engel on JOHN LEGUIZAMO LIVE AT RIKERS

Elena Engel is an award winning filmmaker who has worked with Disney, Warner Brothers, Amblin, PBS, and the UN among others. Stories that instill a deeper understanding of the human condition are her passion.

I had Elena on the show today to discuss her documentary short film JOHN LEGUIZAMO LIVE AT RIKERS. In the film actor, John Leguizamo performs his play Ghetto Klown at Rikers Island prison, inspiring justice-involved young men to reflect openly on their own lives and the serious challenges of incarceration.

JOHN LEGUIZAMO LIVE AT RIKERS is screening three times at this year's Tribeca Film Festival, including at home!!! For more information click the link below

https://tribecafilm.com/films/john-leguizamo-live-at-rikers-2022

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Tribeca Film Festival 2022 - THE LOST WEEKEND: A LOVE STORY (The 18-Month Long Relationship Between May Pang and John Lennon)

DIRECTORS | Eve Brandstein, Richard Kaufman, Stuart Samuels PRODUCERS | Eve Brandstein, Richard Kaufman, Stuart Samuels CAST | May Pang, John Lennon, Julian Lennon "The Lost Weekend: A Love Story” explores the 18-month relationship (1973-1975) that John Lennon spent with May Pang, his Chinese American assistant turned lover (on Yoko Ono’s insistence). With May's help, Lennon reunited with his son Julian and had his most artistically and commercially productive period post-Beatles - with the albums "Mind Games", "Walls and Bridges" which included his only #1 Hit Single "Whatever Gets You Through the Night", "Rock and Roll" and collaborated with Elton John, David Bowie, Harry Nilsson, Mick Jagger, and Ringo to name a few. Pang chronicles it all revisiting her younger self, a naïve 22-year old experiencing her first, unforgettable love. SCREENINGS: Online, Friday, June 10, 2022, 8:00PM Purchase your passes HERE

Tribeca Film Festival 2022: THE COURTROOM

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Following Films Podcast: Tribeca Film Festival 2022 - Josh Leong on CHICKEN

Today I'm joined by director Josh Leong to discuss his live-action narrative short, CHICKEN. The film was inspired by the true stories of real children he first met while volunteering in NYC juvenile detention centers in the summer of 2021. This topical film will screen in competition at the prestigious Tribeca Film Festival, featuring a real prison chick-hatching program, that the filmmakers partnered with. Screenings at the Tribeca Film Festival will be held on Sunday, June 12th at 5:45 pm and Monday, June 13th at 5:45 pm. The film is produced by Denyvi Rose, Nadera Herbert-Bey, Catherine Nguyen and Josh Leong – all NYU students. The stunning cinematography was created by Luc Ung. HERE for tickets, for both in-person and virtual screenings

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