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Tribeca Festival Opens With Earth, Wind & Fire Documentary and Political Commentary

Updated 2026-06-04 04:20 UTC 2 sources Neutral

The 25th Tribeca Film Festival opened with a documentary on Earth, Wind & Fire and featured political commentary from Robert De Niro. Questlove also performed with The Roots at the opening night event.

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Deadline

Questlove, Earth, Wind & Fire Electrify Tribeca Festival Opening Night, Founders Reflect On 25th Anniversary – “It Just Kept Rolling And Rolling, And Here We Are”

The 25th Tribeca Festival sprang to life Wednesday night with the world premiere of Oscar and Grammy- winning Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s feature documentary on Earth, Wind & Fire. The legendary band played a short but boisterous set after with The Roots drummer joining. In op

2026-06-04 04:07 UTC

Variety

Tribeca Kicks Off With Earth, Wind & Fire Documentary and Robert De Niro Dissing Trump as ‘Immoral, Cruel and Corrupt’

Robert De Niro took a thinly veiled dig at Donald Trump at the opening night of Tribeca Festival on Wednesday. The Oscar-winner used his time at the podium to talk about Tribeca’s mission as a festival formed in the wake of 9/11 to shine a spotlight on a part of the city that had been […

2026-06-04 04:11 UTC