Film
Filmmaker and former full-time Islander Barry Rosenthal returned to the Vineyard Sunday for a screening at the Film Center of his feature-length documentary, The Jewish Jail Lady and the Holy Thief.
The Martha’s Vineyard Film Society opens its annual environmental film festival on May 23.
Susan Backlinie, who played the doomed skinny dipper Chrissie Watkins in Jaws, died May 11 at 77. The movie was released in 1975 and Ms. Backlinie became an enduring screen icon as the shark's first victim.
The Netflix adaptation of Judy Blume’s novel, Forever, began shooting on the Island Monday, with seasonal resident Mara Brock Akil producing and writing the eight-part series, and directing the Vineyard episode.
Convinced the Vineyard has become too busy and crowded and you are yearning for days of old, when hippies ruled the rock and the off-season was like living off the grid?
An open casting call for the Netflix adaptation of Judy Blume’s book Forever will take place April 27 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at The Loft Night Club in Oak Bluffs.