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Tribeca Opens with Music Docs, Springsteen Wins Award, Youth Surge

6/4/2026

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Springsteen Honored

2026 Tribeca Film Festival opens June 3 with Questlove’s documentary “Earth, Wind & Fire,” and runs through June 14 showing 100 titles.
Music documentaries feature Earth, Wind & Fire, Peter Frampton and Alicia Keys, and June 13-14 premieres the “Alicia Keys: Girl from Hell’s Kitchen” documentary.
Bruce Springsteen receives the Harry Belafonte Voices for Social Justice Award on June 13 and performs, prompting reporter Vincent Cassous to note a surge in under-25 ticket sales from social-media.

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Tribeca Showcases Latin

Tribeca's 25th-anniversary lineup emphasizes Latin America and the Latine diaspora.
“Summer of Three” follows Javi returning to Puerto Rico after his grandfather’s death and entering a love-triangle with Luife and Kiki.
Eddie Sanchez’s “Mexicanamerican” examines migration’s emotional price through interviews with his parents Lalo and Beby and VHS home movies.
Quinn Whitney Wilson and Viridiana Lieberman’s “Jean-Michel” draws on Basquiat’s sisters Lisane and Jeanine to portray his private life.

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Springsteen Honored

2026 Tribeca Film Festival opens June 3 with Questlove’s documentary “Earth, Wind & Fire,” and runs through June 14 showing 100 titles.
Music documentaries feature Earth, Wind & Fire, Peter Frampton and Alicia Keys, and June 13-14 premieres the “Alicia Keys: Girl from Hell’s Kitchen” documentary.
Bruce Springsteen receives the Harry Belafonte Voices for Social Justice Award on June 13 and performs, prompting reporter Vincent Cassous to note a surge in under-25 ticket sales from social-media.

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