Martha's Vineyard Film Center
Documentary
FINDING VIVIAN MAIER – special event hosted by the Granary Galley
USA | 2014 | 83 minutes | Not Rated | DocumentaryJohn Maloof, Charlie Siskel
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
Wednesday August 23, 2017, 7:30pm
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A mysterious nanny, who secretly took over 100,000 photographs that were hidden in storage lockers and discovered decades later, is now considered among the 20th century’s greatest photographers. Maier’s strange and riveting life and art are revealed through never before seen photographs, films, and interviews with dozens who thought they knew her. An…
PASSAGE AT ST. AUGUSTINE: The 1964 Black Lives Matter Movement That Transformed America
USA | 2017 | 60 Minutes | Not Rated | DocumentaryDirected by Clennon L. King
Strand Theatre OB
Tuesday August 15, 2017, 4:00pm
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Civil Rights icon and long-time PBS and NPR correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault will host the screening, introduce Roxbury-based filmmaker Clennon L. King before the film, and afterwards moderate a post-screening discussion on race and history. In addition to King, joining Hunter-Gault for the conversation and Q&A will be St. Augustine (Fla.) Civil Rights…
2017 DOC WEEK: DATELINE-SAIGON
USA | 2016 | 95 mins. | Not Rated | Biography, Documentary, HistoryDirected by Thomas D. Herman
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
Friday August 04, 2017
Special Guest: Director Thomas D. Herman will join us for a discussion of the film. DATELINE-SAIGON profiles five Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists — The New York Times’s David Halberstam; The Associated Press’s Malcolm Browne, Peter Arnett, and the legendary photojournalist Horst Faas; and United Press International’s Neil Sheehan. With all the high-stakes drama…
2017 DOC WEEK: CITY OF GHOSTS
USA | 2017 | 90 mins. | Rated R | DocumentaryDirected by Matthew Heineman
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
Director Matthew Heineman will join us via Skype after the screening for a Q&A discussion of the film CITY OF GHOSTS is a documentary that follows the efforts of “Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently,” a handful of anonymous activists who banded together after their homeland was taken over by ISIS in 2014. With deeply…
2017 DOC WEEK: I AM ANOTHER YOU
China, USA | 2017 | 80 mins. | Not Rated | DocumentaryDirected by Nanfu Wang
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
Tuesday August 01, 2017, 7:30pm
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Director Nanfu Wang will join us after the film for a Q&A discussion. When Chinese filmmaker Nanfu Wang first came to America, Florida seemed like an exotic frontier full of theme parks, prehistoric swamp creatures, and sunburned denizens. As she travels wide-eyed from one city to another, she encounters Dylan, a charismatic…
2017 DOC WEEK: I AM JANE DOE
USA | 2017 | 99 mins. | Not Rated | DocumentaryDirected by Mary Mazzio
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
Monday July 31, 2017, 7:30PM
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The film will be accompanied by a panel discussion featuring director Mary Mazzio, Yiota Souras, and more. I Am Jane Doe chronicles the epic battle that several American mothers are waging on behalf of their middle-school daughters, victims of sex trafficking on Backpage.com, the classified advertising website that for years was part…
BENDING THE ARC
USA | 2017 | 102 mins. | Not Rated | DocumentaryDirected by Kief Davidson & Pedro Kos
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
Thirty years ago, a group of improbable heroes came together on a mission that was both medical and moral, and, by everyone’s estimation other than their own, highly unlikely to succeed. Their goal was simple but daring: to make high quality healthcare available to everyone, even in the world’s poorest countries. Fighting…
Special Event: I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO
France, USA | 2017 | 93 minutes | Rated PG-13 | DocumentaryDirected by Raoul Peck
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
Tuesday July 11, 2017, 7:30pm
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The Martha’a Vineyard NAACP and the MV Film Society are presenting I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO to be followed by a discussion and book signing with Jessica B. Harris, author of “My Soul Looks Back: A Memoir” In 1979, James Baldwin wrote a letter to his literary agent describing his next project, Remember This House….
OBIT
USA | 2017 | 93 minutes | Not Rated | DocumentaryDirected by Vanessa Gould
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
Wednesday June 28, 2017, 7:30pm (Film Center)
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There are only a handful of editorial obituary writers in the world, and none are better than at The Times, where obits have become some of the best writing in journalism. Documentary storytelling in print. First drafts of contemporary history. Mirrors of life’s great variety, humor and pathos. Neatly framed vignettes of…
FILMUSIC Festival: SCORE: A FILM MUSIC DOCUMENTARY + short film WOMEN WHO SCORE
USA | 2017 | 93 min | Not Rated | Documentary, MusicMatt Schrader
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
Sunday June 25, 2017, 4:00pm
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Director Sara Nesson of the short film WOMEN WHO SCORE will join us for a discussion after the screening of these films to discuss the project she’s been working on in Hollywood. What makes a film score unforgettable? SCORE: A FILM MUSIC DOCUMENTARY brings Hollywood’s elite composers together to give viewers a…
FILMUSIC Festival: ALIVE AND KICKING
USA | 2017 | 88 mins | Not Rated | Documentary, History, MusicSusan Glatzer
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
Saturday June 24, 2017, 9:00pm
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ALIVE AND KICKING is a feature-length documentary that takes an inside look into the culture of swing dancing and the characters who make it special. We explore the culture surrounding Swing dance from the emergence of the Lindy Hop to the modern day international phenomenon. The film follows the growth of Swing dance…
FILMUSIC Festival: MR. GAGA
Israel, USA | 2017 | 100 mins | Not Rated | Biography, Dance, DocumentaryTomer Heymann
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
Saturday June 24, 2017, 7:00pm
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Tomer Heymann’s MR. GAGA is a unique documentary experience that tells the story of the internationally acclaimed choreographer Ohad Naharin, who created the daring form of dance and “movement language” Gaga. When he was 22, he was invited to perform with the prestigious Martha Graham dance company, and attended Juilliard and the…
FILMUSIC Festival: BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB: ADIOS
Cuba, USA | 2017 | 111 minutes | Rated PG | DocumentaryDirected by Lucy Walker
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
Saturday June 24, 2017, 4:00pm
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The musicians of the Buena Vista Social Club exposed the world to Cuba’s vibrant culture with their landmark 1997 album. Now, against the backdrop of Cuba’s captivating musical history, hear the band’s story as they reflect on their remarkable careers and the extraordinary circumstances that brought them together.
FILMUSIC Festival: DECONSTRUCTING THE BEATLES: SGT. PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS BAND
USA | 2017 | 95 mins | Not Rated | Documentary, MusicScott Freiman
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
Friday June 23, 2017, 4:00pm
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The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band is one of the most influential albums of our time. Rolling Stone described it as the most important rock & roll album ever made, an unsurpassed adventure in concept, sound, songwriting, cover art, and studio technology by the greatest rock & roll group of…
FILMUSIC Festival: I CALLED HIM MORGAN
USA | 2017 | 92 min | Not Rated | Documentary, Drama, History, MusicKasper Collin
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
Friday June 23, 2017, 9:00pm
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Special introduction by Dave Kish of WMVY radio — All That Jazz Sunday mornings. On a snowy night in February 1972, celebrated jazz musician Lee Morgan was shot dead by his common-law wife Helen during a gig at a club in New York City. The murder sent shockwaves through the jazz…
FILMUSIC Festival: BEST WORST THING THAT EVER COULD HAVE HAPPENED
USA | 2016 | 95 mins. | Not Rated | Documentary, MusicLonny Price
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
Friday June 23, 2017, 7:00pm
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One of the truly legendary musicals in the history of Broadway, MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG opened to enormous fanfare in 1981 and closed after sixteen performances. BEST WORST THING THAT EVER COULD HAVE HAPPENED draws back the curtain on the extraordinary drama of that show’s creation and tells the stories of the hopeful…
FILMUSIC FESTIVAL 2017 ALL-ACCESS PASS
International, USA | 2017 | Not Rated | Documentary, Family & Kids, History, Music, Music ConcertMartha's Vineyard Film Center
Friday June 23, 2017
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Thursday, June 22 – Sunday, June 25, 2017 The MV Film Society presents a long weekend of feature and short films that celebrate the convergence of music, culture, and film with engaging films, receptions and live-music events. Music and film flow naturally together. Our fifth annual Filmusic Festival will bring you closer to…
RISK – Last Showing!
Germany, USA | 2017 | 84 minutes | Not Rated | DocumentaryDirected by Laura Poitras
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
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How much of your own life are you willing to risk? Laura Poitras, Academy Award winning director of CITIZENFOUR, returns with her most personal and intimate film to date. Filmed over six years, RISK is a complex and volatile character study that collides with a high stakes election year and its controversial…
HOCKNEY
UK | 2016 | 112 minutes | Not Rated | DocumentaryDirected by Randall Wright
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
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Hockney weaves together a portrait of the multifaceted artist from frank interviews with close friends and never before seen footage from his own personal archive. One of the great surviving icons of the 1960s, Hockney’s career may have started with almost instant success but in private he has struggled with his art,…
2017 MV Environmental Film Festival: TOMORROW
France, USA | 2017 | 118 min | Not Rated | Documentary, EnvironmentCyril Dion & Mélanie Laurent
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
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Climate is changing. Instead of showing all the worst that can happen, this documentary focuses on the people suggesting solutions and their actions. TODAY, we sometimes feel powerless in front of the various crises of our times. TODAY, we know that answers lie in a wide mobilization of the human race. Over…
2017 Environmental Film Festival: AWAKE, A DREAM FROM STANDING ROCK
USA | 2017 | 84 min | Not Rated | Documentary, Environment, HistoryJosh Fox, James Spione, Myron Dewey
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
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SPECIAL GUESTS: Myron Dewey, Co-director in person; James Spione, Co-director in person; Josh Fox, Producer-Co-Writer-Director via SKYPE; Tanyette Colon – We-Must.com; and Alison Rose Levy, hosts the weekly radio program, “Connect the Dots,” Standing Rock North Dakota became one of the most watched places on earth. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe captured world attention through…
2017 MV Environmental Film Festival: A PLASTIC OCEAN
USA | 2016 | 102 mins. | Not Rated | Documentary, EnvironmentCraig Leeson
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
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Special guest, Jennifer Smith Turner will read her poem, SEA LIFE Jennifer Smith Turner is the author of two poetry books, Lost and Found, Rhyming Verse Honoring African American Heroes and Perennial Secrets, Poetry & Prose. Her third poetry collection, Flirting with Truth, is currently being considered for publication. Jennifer’s poems are included in…
2017 MV Environmental Film Festival: TROPHY
Africa, USA | 2017 | 108 mins | Not Rated | Documentary, EnvironmentShaul Schwarz, Christina Clusiau
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
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Special Guests: Shaul Schwarz and Christina Clusiau will join us via SKYPE tonight after the screening of TROPHY. “Trophy” first premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival back in January. Endangered African species like elephants, rhinos, and lions march closer to extinction each year. Their devastating decline is fueled by a…
2017 MV Environmental Film Festival: BEFORE THE FLOOD
International | 2016 | 96 min | Rated PG | Documentary, EnvironmentFISHER STEVENS
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
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Special Guests: Charter School students ( Astrid Tilton, Clancy Conlin, Lucy Thompson, Jared Rivard, Lily Tilton) who participated in a climate change field trip to Alaska. If you could know the truth about the threat of climate change — would you want to know? Before the Flood, presented by National Geographic, features Leonardo DiCaprio on a journey as a…
2017 MV Environmental Film Festival: RANCHER, FARMER, FISHERMAN
USA | 2017 | 103 min | Not Rated | Documentary, EnvironmentSusan Froemke & John Hoffman
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
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Special Guests for Discussion: Jim Athearn, Shelley Edmundson (ED of MV Fisherman’s Preservation Trust) and a member of her board. Preceded by the short film ONE THOUSAND BEATING HEARTS. In the film, One Hundred Thousand Beating Hearts, filmmaker Peter Byck takes viewers to Bluffton, Georgia to hear from Will Harris of White Oak…
2017 MV Environmental Film Festival: THE BULLISH FARMER
USA | 2017 | 79 min | Not Rated | Documentary, EnvironmentKEN MARSOLAIS & NANCY VICK
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
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Join us before the movie for our OPENING NIGHT reception with John Ubaldo, and co-directors Ken Marsolais and Nancy Vick. All three will participate in an after movie panel discussion with local Vineyard farmers (Eric Glasgow of Grey Barn and Jefferson Monroe of GOOD Farm). 6:30PM — Opening reception in the Film Center Lobby with…
WHAT THE HEALTH – with Not Yours Sugar Mamas cafe
USA | 2017 | 97 Minutes | Not Rated | Documentary, HealthDirected by Kip Andersen, Keegan Kuhn
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
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Dinner and a movie: 10% off menu items at Not Your Sugar Mamas before the movie! Open 5:30PM to show time. What the Health is the groundbreaking follow-up film from the creators of the award winning documentary Cowspiracy. The film follows intrepid filmmaker Kip Andersen as he uncovers the secret to preventing…
Special Event: JON WILSON- THE RESTORER’S JOURNEY
2017 | 68 minutes | Not Rated | DocumentaryMartha's Vineyard Film Center
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Double feature: Cape Horn Passage in Schooner WanderBird followed by the main event, The Restorer’s Journey. Q&A with filmmaker Oleg Harencar (in person) & Jon Wilson (via Skype). With special guest speaker Nat Benjamin of Gannon and Benjamin Marine Railway. JON WILSON – THE RESTORER’S JOURNEY This new documentary produced by…
2017 Spectrum Film Festival: THE UNTOLD TALES OF ARMISTEAD MAUPIN
USA | 2017 | 90 Minutes | Not Rated | DocumentaryDirected by Jennifer M. Kroot
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
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Jennifer Kroot’s documentary about the creator of “Tales of the City” examines the life and work of the beloved storyteller, following his evolution from a conservative son of the Old South into a gay rights pioneer whose novels have inspired millions to claim their own truth. Moving between playful and poignant and laugh-out-loud…
2017 Spectrum Film Festival: YOUTH EVENT
Italy, USA | 1994-2016 | Not Rated | Comedy, Documentary, DramaMartha's Vineyard Film Center
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TREVOR (1994) (16 Minutes) This comedy won the Oscar for Best Live-Action Short Film and led to the creation of The Trevor Project, the national non-profit organization focused on the suicide-prevention of LGBTQ youth. It tells the story of a thirteen-year-old boy whose life falls apart when his fellow middle schoolers learns…
2017 Spectrum Film Festival: THE FREEDOM TO MARRY
USA | 2016 | 86 Minutes | Not Rated | DocumentaryDirected by Eddie Rosenstein
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
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Going behind the scenes to reveal the inner workings and key players of this historic civil rights struggle, this documentary follows Evan Wolfson, the man known as architect of the same-sex marriage movement, civil rights attorney Mary Bonauto, and their key colleagues as they wage their climactic battle before the United States…
Special Benefit: MARLEY presented with WYOB-FM (MVRHS student station)
Jamaica, USA | 2012 | 144 minutes | Rated PG-13 | Documentary, MusicDirected by Kevin Macdonald
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
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WYOB-FM and the MV Film Society have teamed up to host a fundraiser for WYOB (MVRHS student run radio station) in honor of Jimmy Cliff’s April 1st birthday. Bob Marley’s universal appeal, impact on music history and role as a social and political prophet is both unique and unparalleled. Marley is the definitive…
I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO — Our Last Showing!
France, USA | 2017 | 93 minutes | Rated PG-13 | DocumentaryDirected by Raoul Peck
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
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In 1979, James Baldwin wrote a letter to his literary agent describing his next project, Remember This House. The book was to be a revolutionary, personal account of the lives and successive assassinations of three of his close friends-Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King, Jr. At the time of Baldwin’s…
THE POWDER & THE GLORY
2015 | 90 minutes | Not Rated | Documentary, HistoryDirected by Ann Carol Grossman and Arnie Reisman
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
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In anticipation of the opening of War Paint on Broadway this April at the Nederlander Theatre. War Paint is a new musical inspired by this documentary film. Special guest speaker co-director Arnie Reisman THE POWDER & THE GLORY tells the story of two of the first highly successful women entrepreneurs in America, Elizabeth…
YARN
International | 2016 | 76 minutes | Not Rated | Animation, DocumentaryDirected by Una Lorenzen, Thordur Jonsson, Heather Millard
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
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Meet the artists who are redefining the tradition of knit and crochet, bringing yarn out of the house and into the world. Reinventing our relationship with this colorful tradition, YARN weaves together wool graffiti artists, circus performers, and structural designers into a visually-striking look at the women who are making a creative…
KEDI
Czech Republic, UK, USA | 2017 | 79 minutes | Not Rated | DocumentaryDirected by Ceyda Torun
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
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KEDi is not a documentary about house cats or the strays you occasionally see in your back yard. KEDi is a film about the hundreds of thousands of cats who have roamed the metropolis of Istanbul freely for thousands of years, wandering in and out of people’s lives, impacting them in ways…
THE LAST OCEAN — FREE ADMISSION for members!
New Zealand | 2012 | 88 minutes | Not Rated | DocumentaryDirected by Peter Young
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
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SCIENCE ON SCREEN, An initiative of the Coolidge Corner Theatre, with major support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. FREE ADMISSION FOR MEMBERS OF THE MV FILM SOCIETY. Special Guests: Warren M. Doty I have been a selectman in the Town of Chilmark for 18 years. During all of those years a major…
2017 OSCAR NOMINATED SHORTS: DOCUMENTARY
International | 2016 | 154 Minutes | Rated R | Documentary, Short FilmMartha's Vineyard Film Center
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Catch all of this year’s Oscar nominated short films before the 89th Annual Academy Awards telecast on Sunday, February 26, 2017! And the winners are?… Once again, the Martha’s Vineyard Film Society is proud to present this nationally-touring program highlighting all of the Live Action, Animated, and Documentary Short Films that received…
A PLASTIC OCEAN presented in collaboration with the Vineyard Conservation Society and Norton Point
International | 2016 | 102 minutes | Not Rated | DocumentaryDirected by Craig Leeson
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
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This screening is sponsored by Norton Point, with a portion of proceeds going to the Vineyard Conservation Society. A PLASTIC OCEAN is a new feature-length adventure documentary that brings to light the consequences of our global disposable lifestyle. We thought we could use plastic once and throw it away with negligible impact to…
THE EAGLE HUNTRESS
Mongolia, UK, USA | 87 minutes | 87 minutes | Rated G | DocumentaryDirected by Otto Bell
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
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THE EAGLE HUNTRESS follows Aisholpan, a 13-year-old girl, as she trains to become the first female in twelve generations of her Kazakh family to become an eagle hunter, and rises to the pinnacle of a tradition that has been handed down from father to son for centuries. Set against the breath-taking expanse…
Warren Miller’s 67th Ski film, HERE, THERE, & EVERYWHERE
International | 2016 | 120 mins | Not Rated | Action, Adventure, Biography, DocumentaryMartha's Vineyard Film Center
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Included with each ticket Movie Ticket – National Premier Tour of Warren Miller’s 67th movie Sugarbush Lift Ticket (weekday) FREE with each movie ticket Free weekday lift ticket to Steamboat in Colorado National WME Tour Sweepstakes for Ski trips and more! Visit Audi Norwell, test drive, and get a chance to win…
SEED: THE UNTOLD STORY
USA | 2016 | 94 minutes | Not Rated | Documentary, EnvironmentDirected by Taggart Siegel , Jon Betz
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
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Special guest speaker afterwards — Carol Koury, Sow True Seed Few things on Earth are as miraculous and vital as seeds. Worshipped and treasured since the dawn of humankind. SEED: The Untold Story follows passionate seed keepers protecting our 12,000 year-old food legacy. In the last century, 94% of our seed varieties…
THE BEATLES: EIGHT DAYS A WEEK– THE TOURING YEARS
UK, USA | 2016 | 137 mins (107 min feature + 30 min The Beatles Live at Shea Stadium 1965) | Not Rated | DocumentaryDirected by Ron Howard
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
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We all know the moment, February 9, 1964 at 8:12 PM EST – after a brief commercial break, four young men from Liverpool step onto the Ed Sullivan stage, changing culture forever. Seventy-three million people watched The Beatles perform that night – the largest audience to date in television history. It was…
HARRY AND SNOWMAN
USA | 2016 | 84 minutes | Not Rated | Biography, Documentary, Drama, SportDirected by Ron Davis
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
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Dutch immigrant, Harry deLeyer, journeyed to the United States after World War II and developed a transformative relationship with a broken down Amish plow horse he rescued off a slaughter truck bound for the glue factory. Harry paid eighty dollars for the horse and named him Snowman. In less than two years,…
COMMAND AND CONTROL
USA | 2016 | 92 minutes | Not Rated | DocumentaryDirected by Robert Kenner
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
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Post-screening Q&A with Producer Mark Samels. In collaboration with WGBH – Boston From Robert Kenner, director of the groundbreaking film FOOD. INC., and Mark Samels, executive producer of the Oscar-nominated film LAST DAYS IN VIETNAM, comes COMMAND AND CONTROL, the long-hidden story of a deadly accident at a Titan II missile complex…
BEING MORTAL presented in collaboration with Hospice of Martha’s Vineyard
USA | 2014 | 55 mins. | Not Rated | DocumentaryMartha's Vineyard Film Center
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Proceeds from this screening will benefit Hospice of Martha’s Vineyard. Post-screening discussion. BEING MORTAL delves into the hopes of patients and families facing terminal illness. The film investigates the practice of caring for the dying and explores the relationships between patients and their doctors. It follows a surgeon, Dr. Atul Gawande, as he…
2016 MVIFF — THE WEEKEND SAILOR
Canada, Mexico | 2016 | 70 minutes | Not Rated | Adventure, Biography, Documentary, Foreign, HistoryDirected by Bernardo Arsuaga
Capawock Theatre VH
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With almost no experience, Mexican captain Ramon Carlin raced against the superstars of sailing in a 9 month deadly trip ’round the world, his regatta winning the overall prize. In 1973, the United Kingdom organized the first head to head sailing race around the world, inviting expert crews from Europe and other…
2016 MVIFF — International Short Films Juried Competition– SOLD OUT!
International | 2016 | Not Rated | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Documentary, Drama, RomanceCapawock Theatre VH
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This screening is SOLD OUT! From over 300+ entries our festival selection committee has chosen 10 finalists. We will screen each finalist short film and our jury will choose Best Over-all Short at the conclusion of the program. Program notes to be added very very soon. TO PURCHASE AN ALL-ACCESS…
2016 ALL-ACCESS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL PASS
International | 2016 | Not Rated | Documentary, Foreign, Short FilmCapawock Theatre VH, Martha's Vineyard Film Center
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ALL-ACCESS FESTIVAL PASS Click here for festival information and details $225 per person $185 per person, discounted for film society members First Choice Admission to any film during festival (however pass holder must pre-select movie tickets at box office, and arrive 10 minutes before start time to guarantee a seat for themselves)…
NEWTOWN with producer Maria Cuomo Cole, director Kim Snyder, and Sandy Hook Promise Mark Barden
USA | 2016 | 85 minutes | Not Rated | DocumentaryDirected by Kim Snyder
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
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Producer Maria Cuomo Cole, filmmaker Kim Snyder, and Founder and Managing Director of Sandy Hook Promise Mark Barden will join us for a post-screening discussion. Filmed over the course of nearly three years, the filmmakers use unique access and never before heard testimonies to tell a story of the aftermath of the…
LIFE, ANIMATED
France, USA | 2016 | 89 minutes | Rated PG | DocumentaryDirected by Roger Ross Williams
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
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The inspirational story of Owen Suskind, a young man who was unable to speak as a child until he and his family discovered a unique way to communicate by immersing themselves in the world of classic Disney animated films. This emotional coming-of-age story follows Owen as he graduates to adulthood and takes…
Special Event: PAPER LANTERNS
USA | 2016 | 60 minutes | Not Rated | Documentary, HistoryDirected by Barry Frechette
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
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Post-screening Q&A with director Barry Frechette, composer Chad Cannon, and cinemoatographer/ editor Max Esposito. Mr. and Mrs. Suzuki from Hiroshima will also be participating in the discussion. In the summer of 1945, the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan. On August 6th, “Little Boy” was dropped on Hiroshima, and three…
AGENTS OF CHANGE– One Time Screening
USA | 2014 | 66 minutes | Not Rated | DocumentaryFrank Dawson and Abby Ginzberg
Strand Theatre OB
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Post-screening discussion with filmmakers Frank Dawson and Abby Ginzberg, and acclaimed director Stanley Nelson. AGENTS OF CHANGE is an award-winning film about the black-led student protest movement of the late 1960’s which helped bring about Black and Ethnic Studies programs across the country. Through the stories of the young men and women who…
THE BAD KIDS with filmmaker Keith Fulton
USA | 2016 | 101 minutes | Not Rated | DocumentaryMartha's Vineyard Film Center
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A documentary that follows a group of Mojave Desert teachers as they try to improve the lives of their impoverished students. A documentary that follows a group of Mojave Desert teachers as they try to improve the lives of their impoverished students. At a remote Mojave Desert high school, extraordinary educators believe that, more…
2016 Doc Week: CITY OF GOLD
USA | 2016 | 1 hr. 31 min. | Rated R | Biography, Documentarydirected by Laura Gabbert
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
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Introduction by Joan Nathan, an award-winning American cookbook author, and a skype Q&A with director Laura Gabbert. CITY OF GOLD chronicles Pulitzer prize-winning restaurant critic Jonathan Gold’s deep and complex relationship with the food culture of the city, Los Angeles. Gold has been known for his robust writing about the hidden culinary…
2016 Doc Week: THE MUSIC OF STRANGERS: YO YO MA AND THE SILK ROAD ENSEMBLE — SOLD OUT
International, USA | 2016 | 1 hr. 36 min. | Not Rated | Documentary, Family & Kids, Music, Music ConcertDirected by MORGAN NEVILLE
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
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Morgan Neville, Academy Award Winner (2015 Best Documentary) will join us for a Q&A afterwards. From the director of the Oscar – winning documentary 20 Feet from Stardom and the critically acclaimed Best of Enemies, the new film The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble tells the extraordinary…
2016 Doc Week: BECOMING MIKE NICHOLS
USA | 2016 | 1 hr. 12 min. | Not Rated | Documentarydirected by DOUGLAS MCGRATH
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
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POST-SCREENING Q&A WITH DIRECTOR DOUGLAS MCGRATH via SKYPE, plus special guests in attendance, Vineyarders and friends of Mike Nichols, ROSE STYRON and JAMES LAPINE to discuss Nichols’ love of the theater, and of the Vineyard. Just four months before he died, in a set of final, historic interviews, director Mike Nichols opened…
2016 DOC WEEK: Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You
USA | 2016 | 1 hr. 32 min. | Not Rated | Comedy, Documentary, Historydirected by Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
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FOLLOWED BY A Q&A WITH VISITING DIRECTOR RACHEL GRADY Arguably the most influential creator, writer, and producer in the history of television, Norman Lear brought primetime into step with the times. Using comedy and indelible characters, his legendary 1970s shows such as All In the Family, Maude, Good Times, and The Jeffersons,…
2016 Doc Week: MAPPLETHORPE: LOOK AT THE PICTURES
USA | 2016 | 1 hr. 20 min. | Rated R | Art, Documentary, HistoryRandy Barbato and Fenton Bailey
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
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FOLLOWED BY A Q&A WITH VISITING DIRECTOR RANDY BARBATO The only thing more outrageous than Robert Mapplethorpe’s photographs was his life. He was obsessed with magic and in particular, with what he saw as the magic of photography and the magic of sex. He…
DOC WEEK 2016 ALL-ACCESS PASS
USA | 2016 | Not Rated | Documentary, HistoryMartha's Vineyard Film Center
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Documentary films have become the conscience of the nation, providing a deeper study of contemporary, and often unnoticed, social issues. By using the unique medium of film, documentarians are able to cultivate more compelling and fruitful discussion by mixing strongly-drive narratives with vivid imagery. In lieu of the rise of the documentary, the…