Born Into the Gig, by filmmakers Kate David and David Heilbroner, spotlights next-generation musicians including Sally Taylor and Ben Taylor.
Documentary films
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Carly Simon
James Taylor
Six film festivals are in the works for 2021, including the Martha's Vineyard International Film Festival in September.
Documentary films
Martha's Vineyard International Film Festival
Martha's Vineyard Film Society
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
Films
Aliyah Walker
Dawn Porter’s career change from attorney to documentary filmmaker was not done for the reason most people leave their jobs.
Documentary films
Bill Eville
For director Jeffrey Wolf, the screening of his new documentary is the culmination of a journey that began in the 1980s when he first encountered the art of Bill Traylor.
Martha's Vineyard Film Society
Documentary films

2023

In a new documentary that began filming in December, director Catherine Stewart and her crew of four will follow Shenandoah’s 61st sailing season, the boat's restoration process and the lives of her captains and sailors past and present.

What do a high school mariachi band, regenerative farming and Cirque du Soleil have in common?

A chance meeting at the Black Dog Tavern inspired documentary filmmaker Davis Guggenheim to make Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie, which premiered in May.

Oscar-winning documentary Navalny was initially screened at last year’s Sundance Film Festival, which was when seasonal Vineyarders Jim and Susan Swartz, Geralyn Dreyfous, and David and Nina Fialkow decided to get involved as executive producers.

Matthew Heineman's new documentary, Retrograde, follows both the Green Berets and the Afghanistan army in the lead-up and aftermath of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.

The NHL spared no expense making a documentary short on the Vineyard high school boys hockey team, shipping over an entire five-person camera crew in the run-up to its season opener against off-Island rival Whitman-Hanson.

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