Acclaimed filmmaker and seasonal Island resident Stanley Nelson screened We Want the Funk!, his newest documentary, at the Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival this week. Mr. Nelson also showed A Place of Our Own, the 2004 film that highlighted the Black summer community in Oak Bluffs.

When Stacey Snider, Scott Frank and Peter Chernin entered the entertainment industry in the ‘80s and ‘90s it looked and functioned vastly different than it does today.

The Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival opened Thursday night with The Chi, a drama on Showtime about life on the South Side of Chicago.

The Island’s film community came together on Tuesday night to celebrate Academy Award-winning film producer Geralyn Dreyfous for her work in the documentary world. Circuit Arts presented her with the Martha’s Vineyard Film Icon Award.

When Oscar-nominated director Kim A. Snyder was reading news articles about lists of books that state representatives in Texas were insisting be removed from public school libraries, she realized an important voice was being left out of the discussion.