Tribeca doc fund unveils recipients

Committee chooses seven films for awards

By SAM THIELMAN

The Gucci Tribeca Documentary Finishing Fund has announced its recipients. A committee of filmmakers including Albert Maysles and Gael Garcia Bernal have chosen seven films for the fund's awards, which total $80,000. Projects selected are:

Ian Olds' "The Fixer," a film about the relationship between a kidnapped Afghan translator and his American war journalist client.
Laura Poitras' "Release," which follows internees newly released from the prison at Guantanamo Bay.
Jennilyn Merten and Tyler Measom's "Sons of Perdition," a doc about polygamist teenagers.
Andrew Berends' "Delta Boys," which focuses a paramilitary group in Nigeria.
Martin Syjuco and Michael Collins' "Give Up Tomorrow," about Paco Larranaga, who was sentenced to death for kidnapping two sisters in the Philippines in 1998.
Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman's "If a Tree Falls," a look at militant environmentalist group Earth Liberation Front.
Beadie Finzi's "Vida Ballet," chronicling the struggles against racism of two black Brazilian children learning to dance.

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