Born Into the Gig, by filmmakers Kate David and David Heilbroner, spotlights next-generation musicians including Sally Taylor and Ben Taylor.
Documentary films
Films
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

2018

Jim Swartz and David Fialkow are nominated as producers of Icarus, a documentary about Russian doping in the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Kate Davis and David Heilbroner were nominated for an Academy Award for their documentary short Traffic Stop. They will walk the red carpet with the subject of their film, Breaion King.

2017

The West Tisbury Library is hosting a screening of the documentary Brave New World — How Silicon Valley is Shaping our Future, and a discussion with the filmmaker Angela Andersen.

The new documentary An Inconvenient Sequel opened in theatres this summer, including a run at the Martha’s Vineyard Film Society that continues through August 30.

Susanna Styron's 1976 film Suspended Sentence will play on Wednesday, August 23, at the Chilmark Community Center.

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.

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