Madonna's documentary about Africa, I Am Because We Are, will receive its world premiere on Wednesday April 23, on the opening night of the Tribeca Film Festival in New York.
As part of the Encounters series, the film sees the singer embracing her new role as writer-producer to expose the tragic stories of the millions of Malawi children orphaned by Aids.
The 85-minute film, following the Queen of Pop's revelatory personal journey, features interviews with former US President Bill Clinton and retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu, with Madonna calling for action.
"I wanted to offer simple solutions and to illustrate how simple things really do make a difference in a person's life. It is easy for us to be involved with the solution," says the 49-year-old, whose 11th album Hard Candy is released on Monday April 28, in the latest issue of Interview.
"When I went there for the first time, I saw that I needed to document my journey.
"I wanted to go on a journey with these children to find out for myself what was going to make a difference in their lives and document that.
"The more I went to Malawi and observed things, the more I realised that people are layered, so solving their problems is layered. The worst thing you can do to help a person is to just throw a bunch of stuff at them and run away."
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