Martha`s V ineyard Film Society

Martha's Vineyard non-profit film society
Expanded in 2007 - 4-day
International Film Festival
present with PLUM - a perfect way
to end a Vineyard summer,
September 13-16, 2007
The second annual Martha's
Vineyard International Film
Festival, produced by the Martha's
Vineyard Film Society, is set for
13-16 September 2007. Richard
Paradise, the film society's
executive director, and Nevette
Previd are the festival's co-directors. Our hope is to create a "destination festival" that celebrates films
that showcase the extraordinary
variety, vitality, dramas and adventures of people across the globe.
"Film is a wonderful medium for
exploring new cultures and examining attitudes and beliefs different
from our own," says Rich Paradise.
"Over the last five years, our film
society has shown over 100
international films; we're presenting
this festival to further the society's
goal: fostering curiosity about the
world we share."
Expiration Date
Tuesday July 10 at 8:00 PM
Location: Tabernacle in Oak Bluffs
Winner of Best Picture, Native American Film Festival. A romantic fable of sweetly odd proportions, Expiration Date tells the tale of Charlie Silver Cloud
III-a man with a heavy ancestral weight on his shoulders: his grandfather and father both were killed on their 25th birthdays by milk trucks. Charlie's about
to turn 25. Living in Seattle and slinging espresso, Charlie has accepted his fate and is busily making preparations. While his mother Lucille red-lines the
city map with milk truck routes and dangerous delivery convergence zones, Charlie's just trying to take care of everything so that she doesn't have to. While
searching for a reasonably priced casket, Charlie encounters the presumed-to-be-also-dying Besse and her dog, Roadkill.
Sharkwater
Tuesday July 17 at 8:00 PM
Location: Tabernacle in Oak Bluffs
Featuring a Q & A with Filmmaker Rob Stewart.
Driven by passion fed from a lifelong fascination with sharks, filmmaker Rob Stewart debunks historical stereotypes and media depictions of sharks as
bloodthirsty, man-eating monsters and reveals the reality of sharks as pillars in the evolution of the seas. Filmed in visually stunning, high definition video,
Sharkwater takes you into the most shark rich waters of the world, exposing the exploitation and corruption surrounding the world's shark populations in the
marine reserves of Cocos Island, Costa Rica and the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.
The Third Thursday of October
Tuesday July 24 at 8:00 PM
Location: Tabernacle in Oak Bluffs
Featuring a Q & A with Filmmaker Vanessa Roth.
Blending the passion and honesty of Spellbound, the real life situations behind Election and the political insight of The War Room, comes the quirky, spirited
and moving documentary, The Third Monday in October. During what was called the most important American election in modern times, Vanessa Roth led a
team of award winning filmmakers into the heart of the campaigns and elections on which millions of families across the country focused; not the presidential
race between George W. Bush and John Kerry, but the Presidential elections of their 12 year old children vying to lead their middle school student councils.
Big Dreams, Little Tokyo
Tuesday July 31 at 8:00 PM
Location: Tabernacle in Oak Bluffs
Director David Boyle drums with an offbeat, flavorful comic rhythm, accenting his tale of Boyd, a white male entrepreneur struggling to ingratiate himself into
Asian business culture. Big Dreams Little Tokyo is the story of Boyd, an American with an uncanny ability to speak Japanese. Boyd aspires to succeed in
the world of Japanese business but finds himself mostly on the outside looking in. Meanwhile, his roommate Jerome, is a Japanese American who has
always felt too American to be Japanese but too Japanese to be American. He aspires to be a sumo wrestler but finds his weight and blood pressure are
thwarting his dreams. Together they struggle to find their place in a world where cultural identity is seldom what it seems.
Silent Film version of JOHN BARRYMORE in "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"
Tuesday August 7 at 8:00 PM
Location: Tabernacle in Oak Bluffs
Screening with live musical accompaniment by Boston's Devil Music Ensemble.
"Dr. Jekyll (John Barrymore) is a London doctor, progressive in his medical research, conservative and repressed in his personal life. A friend encourages
him to explore the underside of life with a visit to a London music hall. Dancer Nita Naldi arouses Jekyll's repressed sensibilities, and when she embraces
him, the doctor runs off. Later, Jekyll speculates on the advantage of separating the two natures of man in different bodies- one could "yield to every evil
impulse, yet leave the soul untouched." Jekyll's scientific passion leads him to a formula that brings out his other side, Mr. Hyde, a man without a conscience.
Buffy St. Marie: A Multi-media Life
Tuesday August 14 at 8:00 PM
Location: Tabernacle in Oak Bluffs
Native American singer/songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie is best known for her protest songs ( Universal Soldier ) and love songs ( Up Where We Belong ).
Her story begins in the 1960s Greenwich Village folk music scene and takes audiences through forty years of transformation, showing how she challenged
convention to become a popular songwriter, digital artist, and spokesperson for Native rights. Viewers witness Buffy's transformation from a baby born on a
reserve in rural Canada in 1941 and adopted into a working class American family, into an international celebrity who builds a bridge of understanding
between her two worlds.
For more information please visit, www.mvfilmsociety.com
Visit our Web site, in August for
film schedules, on-line ticketing
information and other details surrounding the festival. We hope
you'll decide to join us for an end
of summer celebration of film and
conversation.
For more information, please visit
www.mvfilmfest.com.
Special Outdoor Screenings This
Summer - Join the MV Film
Society as it screens some popular
films under the stars as part of
larger festivities to support community organizations.
August 1: Fever Pitch - Join us for
an outdoor screening in center field
in support of MVRHS baseball
team and its new ball field. Proceeds
go towards building bleachers.
August 25: Charlotte's Web - a
delightful day filled with farm activities culminating in the outdoor
screening at the FARM
instiute.Proceeds go towards the
Institute and its kids programming.
Join Us for a Good Show - The
Martha's Vineyard Film Society's
programs and International Film
Festival depend on your memberships. Ticket sales alone do not
cover film and venue rental fees
and other expenses.
Your society membership
supports programs that:
* Inspire and enlighten audiences
* Shed understanding upon
contemporary concerns
* Foster community support for
worthy causes
* Delight the young at heart
When you join, you ensure the
Film Society will continue to bring
to our Island critically acclaimed
films that are not typically shown at
our local commercial theaters. Your
annual contribution will keep the
Society going and growing,
bringing the best in world cinema,
documentaries and independent
films to the Vineyard community.
Call 508-696-9369 for details.
The Film Society is a 501 (c)(3)
non-profit corporation. Your society
membership or donation is fully tax
exempted and appreciated.
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Tabernacle in Oak Bluffs:
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Katharine Cornell Theatre:
8:00 PM - So Glad I Made
It: Roger Salloom Saga.
Q&A with Director Chris
Sautter and live music set
with Roger and his band.
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8:00 PM - Expiration Date
Winner of Best Picture,
Native American Film Festival
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Tabernacle in Oak Bluffs:
8:00 PM - Sharkwater Featuring Q & A with
Filmaker Rob Stewart
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Tabernacle in Oak Bluffs:
8:00 PM - The Third
Monday in October Featuring Q & A with
Filmaker Vanessa Roth
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Tabernacle in Oak Bluffs:
August
8:00 PM - Big Dreams, Little
Tokyo. “A quirky, laugh out
loud comedy”.
8:30 PM - Fever Pitch - charitable
screening for MVRHS baseball team
and its new ball field - screened at
the new MVRHS Ball Park.
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Tabernacle in Oak Bluffs:
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18 / 25
8:00 PM - Silent film version
of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"
Live performance by Devil
Music Ensemble.
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Tabernacle in Oak Bluffs:
8:00 PM - Buffy St. Marie: A
Multi-media Life. Signer /
Songwriter and Activist.
August 25: 8:30 PM - Charlotte's
Web - Charitable screening outdoors
at the FARM Institute in Katama.
September 13
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Tabernacle Film Series Begins - Tuesday, July 10
Outdoor Movies at FARM Institute on August 25 - bring the kids
2nd Annual Martha's Vineyard International Film Festival - September 13-16
The Manhattan Short Film Festival on Martha’s Vineyard - September 29
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Martha’s Vineyard Film Society Mission Statement
Established in 2002, the Martha’s Vineyard Film Society is a memberfunded non-profit arts organization dedicated to screening the best
in independent films, movie classics, documentaries and world
cinema for a diverse audience of all ages. Although offering an
enriched film program is the primary reason we exist, the Society also
sponsors film-related speakers, educational programs and special
events to enhance this main mission and increase the public's
appreciation of fine cinema in all of its forms.
www.mvfilmsociety.com