By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated June 17, 2023
For the past 22 years, filmmakers have descended upon Lower Manhattan for the renowned Tribeca Film Festival. Robert De Niro, Craig Hatkoff, and Jane Rosenthal originally founded the festival “in 2001 to spur the economic and cultural revitalization of lower Manhattan following the attacks on the World Trade Center.”
Tribeca and independent films go hand in hand—the festival is known for
