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TriBeCa Film festival's delicate balancing act

The most poignant movie experience of the TriBeCa Film Festival, which opens Wednesday, may turn out to be an 89-minute documentary about a trapeze artist, made up largely of black-and-white still photographs, and set in - and above - a Manhattan of 34 years ago.

If this sounds at all peculiar, consider the title character of "Man on Wire": French aerialist Philippe Petit, who electrified...

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