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\n<\/span><\/p>\nA screening of a documentary about Sir Elton John will open this year’s Tribeca film festival, to be followed by a live performance by the singer.<\/p>\n
Cameron Crowe’s film The Union follows Sir Elton and his musical hero, US songwriter Leon Russell, as they produce a collaborative album.<\/p>\n
The outdoor event, in Lower Manhattan, will kick off the event on 20 April.<\/p>\n
Other films to be shown at the 10th annual festival, which will run until 1 May, will be announced in coming weeks.<\/p>\n
“To have Elton, whose music transcends generations, perform… is an extraordinary gift,” said Jane Rosenthal, who co-founded the festival in 2002 with her philanthropist husband, Craig Hatkoff, and actor Robert De Niro.<\/p>\n
Sir Elton, 63, and Russell, 68, played together in the early 1970s and composed tracks for The Union with the former’s longtime co-writer, Bernie Taupin.<\/p>\n
According to Sir Elton, he and Taupin were “obsessed” by Leon’s music when they first went to the US in 1970 and regarded him as “some kind of musical god”.<\/p>\n
Last year’s Tribeca film festival opened with the animated sequel Shrek Forever After.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n
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