Robert De Niro on helping revive Lower Manhattan after 9/11
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- Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal created the Tribeca Film Festival after the September 11 attacks to help revive Lower Manhattan.
- The festival debuted in 2002 and has supported a new generation of filmmakers while contributing to the area’s revitalization.
- De Niro described the effort as “an act of defiance” and framed art as an antidote to traumatic times in America.
As the dust settled over New York City after the September 11 attacks, Robert De Niro and his longtime business partner, producer Jane Rosenthal, began looking for ways to pull Lower Manhattan out of the ashes.
Their response was the Tribeca Film Festival, which debuted in 2002. The festival helped launch a new generation of filmmakers while contributing to the revitalization of the city’s devastated downtown.
De Niro described the effort as “an act of defiance.” In an interview with Tracy Smith, he and Rosenthal discussed the festival’s continuing mission: using art as an antidote to what they see as traumatic times facing America.
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