By Julie Shapiro
DNAinfo Reporter/Producer
TRIBECA — The Big Apple will take center stage at the Tribeca Film Festival next month.
The festival's announced lineup includes several documentaries focusing on New York, including the world premier of "Limelight," the story of club owner Peter Gatien.
Directed by Billy Corben, "Limelight" chronicles Gatien's reign over some of the city's top clubs: Limelight, Tunnel, Palladium and Club USA. It also traces his mounting legal troubles, which led to his deportation to Canada.
Another new documentary tells the story of A Tribe Called Quest, a revolutionary hip-hop group from the early '90s. "Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest," directed by Michael Rapaport, includes interviews with Kanye West, Mos Def, Ludacris, the Beastie Boys and more to describe the band's rise to fame and their 1998 breakup.
The festival will also host the world premiere of "New York Says Thank You" by Scott Rettberg, a documentary that follows New Yorkers who survived 9/11 and travel to disaster sites around the country to help others rebuild. The New York Says Thank You Foundation has spent the past six months touring the country with a tattered flag rescued from Ground Zero and is asking communities to help them sew it back together.
Other films debuting at the festival include "God Bless Ozzy Osbourne," a documentary chronicling the rocker's life, and "Carol Channing: Larger Than Life," which tells the legendary 90-year-old performer's story.
On the feature side, the psychological thriller "The Good Doctor" will star Orlando Bloom as a medical resident who falls for a teenage patient, and the drama "The Perfect Family" will star Kathleen Turner as a religious Catholic woman trying to win an award for her family's conformity.
The Tribeca Film Festival will run from April 20 to March 1. Single tickets go on sale to American Express cardholders April 12, to downtown residents April 17 and to the general public April 18.
