The Filmusic festival opens Thursday night at the Martha's Vineyard Film Center with Long Strange Trip, a documentary about the Grateful Dead, and closes on June 27 with Summer of Soul, the directorial debut of Questlove.
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.
Richard Paradise, founder and director of the Martha’s Vineyard Film Society, has a lot to celebrate this holiday season, after quietly raising more than $750,000 to purchase the Film Center.
Executive director Richard Paradise said that buying the building — a condominium within the Tisbury Marketplace development — has always been part of the long-term plan.
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.
The Filmusic festival opens Thursday night at the Martha's Vineyard Film Center with Long Strange Trip, a documentary about the Grateful Dead, and closes on June 27 with Summer of Soul, the directorial debut of Questlove.
