A Guide to the Can’t-Miss Latino Movies Screening at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival

The Tribeca Film Festival is taking over lower Manhattan for another year of quality filmmaking, groundbreaking new digital storytelling, and some of Hollywood’s biggest names. This year, the entire roster reads like a Must-Watch list that includes critically-acclaimed television projects, innovative virtual reality gambles, and even two talks that we can’t wait to catch. Take its opening night film, for example. Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives is a music documentary following the storied career of Davis, a titan in the music industry and the producer behind Carlos Santana’s best-selling album, Supernatural.

As far as talks, following last year’s amazing Alfonso Cuarón/Emmanuel Lubezki conversation, the programmers at Tribeca have called up Cuarón’s friend and fellow Oscar winner Alejandro González Iñárritu. He’ll be sitting down to talk with performance artist Marina Abramović in Tribeca’s famed Directors Series. In an equally intriguing pairing, the Storytellers Series has matched legend Barbra Streisand with cowboy hat-loving filmmaker Robert Rodriguez. Both events promise to be the kinds of compelling, one-off festival experiences the New York City institution is becoming known for.

But it all begins and ends with the projects screening in a theater near you. With over 200 films playing throughout the festival, you’ll need some help figuring out what to prioritize. That’s why we’re here. Find below our Top Picks for what screens at Tribeca. It includes a 9/11 short led by Salma Hayek, a boxing flick set in the DR, a doc on the fight to save the pink dolphin in Colombia, and even Melonie Diaz’s latest venture as actress and executive producer. Check them out below.

Tribeca Film Festival runs April 19 – 30, 2017.