Derek Schwartz
By the time the lights came up after the screening last Wednesday of Matt Shepard Is a Friend of Mine, most of the audience was in tears. The film tells the story of Matt Shepard, an openly gay student at the University of Wyoming who was brutally murdered in 1998.
By the time Scott Nelson proposed hosting a pride event to the board of directors at The Yard in Chilmark, their yearly budget had already been set.
For 22 years now, the Vineyard Sound has taken their singing talent to venues and street corners all over the Island, singing tirelessly throughout the season.
By the time Eli Dagostino captured the perfect shot of Anthony Esposito, Mr. Esposito seemed close to hypnotized.
Owen Suskind was a normal toddler as he approached his third birthday. Then, without warning, he vanished, lost in the depths of his own head.
The Life and Mind of Mark Defriest, screens at the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center in Vineyard Haven on Sunday, July 27. The documentary tells the story of Mark Defriest’s time in one of Florida's most dangerous prisons.