Now in its 11th year, the Tribeca Film Festival kicks off this week with hundreds of hours of brand new features, shorts and documentaries. Joining us to highlight some of this year’s more musical selections is the festival’s director of programming, Genna Terranova.

Among the many films being screened at the Tribeca Film Festival is a documentary story that unfolded right here in New York. It’s called “Once In a Lullaby” and tells the story of Staten Island’s most well known school choir - and their journey to perform at the 83rd annual Academy Awards. We’ll hear all about it from the film’s director, Jonathan Kalafer, and PS22 chorus teacher Gregg Breinberg.

For their first collaboration with another group, Mexican guitar virtuosos Rodrigo y Gabriela reworked their own songs with a 13-piece orchestra from Havana known as C.U.B.A. We hear selections from the album that resulted, “Area 52,” when the duo joins us with a backing band to play live in our studio.

The Paris-based folk-pop band This Is The Kit performs with Plants And Animals at Mercury Lounge on Wednesday night. Download its graceful tune "Spinney."