The Tribeca Film Festival has announced the remainder of its line up, after announcing the Competition and Discovery slates earlier this week. There are a number of world premiere documentaries amongst the selections, with subject matter ranging from urban legends to the DIY indie film movement to the controversial story of Rachel Corrie. 

Every festival defines their sections differently. As described by Tribeca, "Encounters" offers work from returning filmmakers, established talent, and popular subjects; "Spotlight" is a noteworthy selection of indie darlings from acclaimed directors and actors; "Showcase" is a snapshot of global cinema already making impressions on international audiences; "Restored/Rediscovered" explores and celebrates screened or newly restored versions of cinema works from the medium's first century; and "Midnight" is populated with films that push the boundaries of creativity and genre, with great action, spine-tingling horror, imaginative alternative realities and outrageous humor.

Here’s a list of the non-fiction selections in each category.

ENCOUNTERS
Blank City
Directed by Celine Danhier
USA
World Premiere
Celine Danhier’s kinetic doc mirrors the urgent, anything-goes energy of her subject: the DIY independent film movement that emerged in tandem with punk rock in late ‘70s downtown New York. New interviews with a impressive array of artists including Amos Poe, Bette Gordon, Debbie Harry, Eric Mitchell, Jim Jarmusch, Lydia Lunch, Steve Buscemi, John Lurie, and Nick Zedd flow into clips from landmark No Wave films, and the still-thrilling music of the era floods the soundtrack.

Lost Son of Havana
Directed and written by Jonathan Hock
USA
World Premiere
Cuban pitcher Luis Tiant never anticipated spending a half-century in exile.  Torn between his career and his homeland, he went on to become one of baseball's best, heating up the mound for (among others) the Red Sox and Yankees. Director Jonathan Hock follows Tiant on his return to Cuba for the first time, capturing an inspiring and profound portrait of one of the game’s greatest heroes. Part of the Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival.

Love the Beast
Directed by Eric Bana.
Australia
International Premiere
Eric Bana’s directorial debut is a love story. The object of the actor’s affection? A Ford XB Falcon Coupe, his “beast,” the car he’s had since he was 15. Tracing Bana’s lifelong obsession with cars to his participation in the ultimate auto race—the five-day Targa Tasmania—this impassioned doc is fueled by family, friendship, and the bonds that form through a common passion.  Part of the ESPN/Tribeca Film Festival.

Soundtrack for a Revolution
Directed and written by Bill Guttentag and Dan Sturman
USA
World Premiere
A timeless film about the American civil rights movement told through the soul-stirring music that birthed and fortified the fight from picket lines and mass meetings to paddy wagons and jail cells. This powerful doc, crafted by Oscar® winner Guttentag and Sturman (Nanking), pairs modern renditions of freedom songs by Wyclef Jean, John Legend, Joss Stone, The Roots, and others with a retelling of this important moment in history.

 
SPOTLIGHT
Soul Power
Directed by Jeff Levy-Hinte
USA
New York Premiere,
Kinshasa, 1974. As Ali and Foreman fought their legendary “Rumble in the Jungle,” an equally epic music festival united the hottest African American and native African soul musicians for an electrifying display of ethnic empowerment. Cameramen charted everything from the life on the streets to the haps backstage, but the footage sat unedited… until now.  In English and French with English subtitles. A Sony Pictures Classics release.


SHOWCASE
Antoine
Directed and written by Laura Bari
Canada
US Premiere
Antoine was born 100 days premature and became blind from the effects of his incubator. Now five years old, he uses a mini boom microphone to discover and capture the sounds around him. Through this visually striking portrait, expertly crafted by Laura Bari, we share both the everyday and imaginary worlds Antoine lives in and learn how he overcomes adversity by creating his own alternative universe of beauty. In French with English subtitles.

Rachel
Directed by Simone Bitton
France, Belgium
North American Premiere
An insightful and provocative exploration into the complexities of political solidarity, Rachel is the story of Rachel Corrie, a 22-year-old American member of the International Solidarity Movement, who died trying to prevent an Israeli army bulldozer from destroying Palestinian homes in the Gaza Strip in 2003. Director Simone Bitton interweaves excerpts from Corrie’s diary with interviews with activists and Israeli army personnel. In English, Arabic, Hebrew with English subtitles.


RESTORED/REDISCOVERED
Making the Boys
Directed by Crayton Robey
Work-in-progress
This documentary features the many people involved with the original stage play and film of The Boys in the Band, including Crowley and Dominick Dunne, as well as Edward Albee, Robert Wagner and Paul Rudnick. After the screening there will be a discussion with Robey, playwright/screenwriter Mart Crowley, and other special guests.
**This is a complement to the Restored/Rediscovered screening of The Boys in the Band (1970).


MIDNIGHT
Cropsey
Directed by Joshua Zeman and Barbara Brancaccio
Written by Joshua Zeman
USA
World Premiere
Urban legends—we either dismiss them or accept that they have some grain of truth. Directors Zeman and Brancaccio attempt to uncover one such urban myth as they investigate five missing children and the real-life boogeyman linked to their disappearance in Staten Island during their youth. Will this terrifying journey resolve what has haunted them since childhood?

The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia
Directed by Julien Nitzberg
USA
World Premiere
Shoot-outs, robberies, gas-huffing, drug dealing, pill popping, murders, and tap dancing — what do these all have in common?  The White Family. From executive producers Johnny Knoxville and Jeff Tremaine comes a shocking portrait of Boone County, West Virginia’s most notorious and surly family. Nitzberg spends a year with multiple generations of the White family in this outlandish doc featuring the family’s dancing muse, Jesco White (star of the cult classic documentary Dancing Outlaw). Also with Hank Williams III.