"I Am Because We Are"

Executive producer/writer Madonna arrives at the premiere of the documentary film "I Am Because We Are" during the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival on Thursday, April 24, 2008, in New York. Madonna, who also narrates the film about orphans in the African nation of Malawi, says the title refers to an African word - ubuntu - which translates "I am because you are."

Madonna and director Nathan Rissman arrive at the premiere of their documentary during the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival. The film takes place in the landlocked and densely populated African country of Malawi. It highlights the fact that in a country of 12 million people, an unprecedented one million-plus children have been orphaned by AIDS, andmalnutrition and inadequate medical treatment still run rampant.

Madonna arrives at the premiere of the documentary "I Am Because We Are" during the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival on Thursday, April 24, 2008, in New York. Madonna says a phone call from a desperate woman raised in Malawi asking for help prompted her to begin charity work there. It was while making the documentary on the African country's orphans that she found a baby she and husband Guy Ritchie decided to adopt - David.

Actress Bernadette Peters arrives at the premiere of the documentary film "I Am Because We Are" during the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival on Thursday, April 24, 2008, in New York. Peters joined Rosie O'Donnell, Donna Karan, and TFF co-founder Jane Rosenthal in supporting Madonna's project about the plight of Malawi's one million-plus orphans.

Actress Bernadette Peters arrives at the premiere of the documentary film "I Am Because We Are" during the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival on Thursday, April 24, 2008, in New York.

Rosie O'Donnell arrives at the premiere of the documentary film "I Am Because We Are" during the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival on Thursday, April 24, 2008, in New York.

Director Nathan Rissman arrives at the premiere of the documentary film "I Am Because We Are" during the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival on Thursday, April 24, 2008, in New York. Leading experts such as President Bill Clinton, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Professor Jeffrey Sachs, and Dr. Paul Farmer are interviewed in the film about the orphaned children of Malawi.

Designer Donna Karan arrives at the premiere of the documentary film "I Am Because We Are" during the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival on Thursday, April 24, 2008, in New York.

Actress Natassia Malthe arrives at the premiere of Madonna's documentary film "I Am Because We Are" during the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival on Thursday, April 24, 2008, in New York.

Rosie O'Donnell arrives at the premiere of the documentary film "I Am Because We Are" during the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival on Thursday, April 24, 2008, in New York. Her friend and "A League of Their Own" co-star, Madonna, wrote, produced and narrated the film about the plight of orphans in Malawi.

Madonna arrives at the premiere of her documentary "I Am Because We Are" at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival on April 24, 2008, in New York. In addition to promoting her film at TFF, Madonna is expected to perform a private concert next week in New York. Her new album, "Hard Candy," is set to be released in the U.S. on Tuesday.