2008 Tribeca Preview - Final

Here's a look at some of the most buzzworthy films to be shown at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival:

Baby Mama
When a successful but single businesswoman discovers that she's infertile, she hires an unlikely surrogate.









Baghdad High
Four Iraqi classmates are given cameras to document their last year in high school.

Bart Got a Room
Danny goes on a desparate search for a prom date with the help of his wcky but well-meaning parents.

Chevolution
A documentary that looks at how the image of Che Guevara, a symbol of Cuba's revolution, became a famous design for clothes and accessories.

Going on 13
Four young girls are documented for four years as they come of age.


Gunnin' for That #1 Spot
This documentary, directed by the Beastie Boy's Adam Yauch, follows eight of the country's top 24 high school basketball players as they participate in the first "Elite 24" tournament.







Katyn
This Academy Award nominated film tells the true story of the 1940 slaughter of Poland's 15,000 man officer corps.









Life in Flight
Starring Patrick Wilson and Amy Smart, this film tells the story of a New York architect who begins to question his perfect life.

Man on Wire
A documentary about Frenchman Philippe Petit who, on August 7, 1974, walked a tightrope between the Twin Towers without a safety net.


Mister Lonely
A Michael Jackson lookalike meets a Marilyn Monroe lookalike, who invites him to her commune in Scotland, where she lives with a group of other lookalikes.




Playing for Change
A documentary about two men who carried recording equipment around the world, recording a little piece of their song in each country. The result is beautiful and inspirational piece of music.

Run for Your Life
A documentary tribute to the late Fred Lebow, who was instrumental in the building up of the New York City marathon.

Speed Racer
Follows Speed and his quest for glory in the Mach 5 car race.







Tennessee
Two brothers go back to their hometown, which they left as teenagers, in order to find their estranged father.

This Is Not a Robbery
A documentary about how a formerly law-abidding senior citizen became one of the country's most well-known serial bank robbers.

Trucker
A female truck driver has to raise her estranged 11-yer-old son after his father is hospitalized.

The Wackness
A teenage dope dealer makes a deal with his psychiatrist to exchange drugs for therapy.






Here's a video highlighting the movies described above: