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NEW YORK, March 18 (UPI) -- "Ice Cube's Straight Outta L.A." is to have its world premiere at next month's Tribeca Film Festival in New York, organizers said.
The ESPN Films "30 for 30" production will be presented by American Express and serve as the gala premiere of the Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival.
The event is to take place April 23.
The 2010 Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival is to run during the TFF -- April 21-May 2 -- in lower Manhattan.
In "Straight Outta L.A.," director Ice Cube explores the unlikely marriage between "the NFL's rebel franchise, the Raiders, and America's glamour city, Los Angeles," festival organizers said.
"'Straight Outta L.A.' gives us an entertaining, firsthand account of how a professional sports team captivated a city and ultimately changed the culture of L.A.," Nancy Schafer, executive director of the Tribeca Film Festival, said in a statement. "For the past three years, the Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival program has been an audience favorite at our festival, and this year's line-up will continue that tradition."
"We are thrilled to launch this year's Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival with a film that shows how sports are intertwined in so many other cultural arenas," added Keith Clinkscales, senior vice president of ESPN content development and enterprises. "All of the sports documentaries in this year's festival truly illustrate that the reach of sports in society extends far past solely athletics and into such disciplines as music, language, art and of course, film."
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