Born Into the Gig, by filmmakers Kate David and David Heilbroner, spotlights next-generation musicians including Sally Taylor and Ben Taylor.
Documentary films
March 3, 2021
Six film festivals are in the works for 2021, including the Martha's Vineyard International Film Festival in September.
July 8, 2021
Aliyah Walker
Dawn Porter’s career change from attorney to documentary filmmaker was not done for the reason most people leave their jobs.
July 22, 2021
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.
2017
July 27, 2017
I Am Jane Doe, a harrowing look at the sex trafficking industry, opens Documentary Week at the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center. The movie arrives on the Vineyard thanks to the efforts of Alexi Ashe Meyers and Rebecca Dince Zipkin.
2016
July 21, 2016
Media Voices for Children will present their new film, The Same Heart, which screens on Sunday, July 24, at the Strand Theatre in Oak Bluffs.
June 23, 2016
One Big Home, director Thomas Bena’s first feature-length film, which took more than a decade to shoot and edit, makes its Island debut Wednesday as part of the Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival summer series.
March 3, 2016
Award-winning filmmaker Stanley Nelson's new documentary The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution aired last month on PBS.
February 18, 2016
A gripping documentary about the heroin epidemic on Cape Cod focuses attention on the power of addiction and the toll it takes on addicts, their families and their communities.
January 21, 2016
On Jan. 28, filmmakers Liz Witham and Ken Wentworth will screen three short films from their Sustainable Vineyard documentary series.
