The Vineyard's Summer Drive-In

All tickets are Pay-What-You-Can and benefit the Martha’s Vineyard African-American Film Festival, the YMCA, the Island Pantry, and Vineyard House. 

Schedule: 

FRIDAY, AUGUST 14
LOVECRAFT COUNTRY: EPISODE ONE | Fantasy / Horror
Co-presented by the Martha’s Vineyard African-American Film Festival

Created by Misha Green (Underground) and Jordan Peele (Get Out), and based on Matt Ruff’s novel of the same name, this new HBO series follows Army veteran Atticus Black (Jonathan Majors) as he meets up with his friend Letitia (Jurnee Smollett) and his uncle George (Courtney B. Vance) to embark on a road trip across 1950s New England. While searching for his missing father (Michael Kenneth Williams), they encounter both the terrors of white, Jim Crow America and monsters that could be ripped from the pages of an H.P. Lovecraft paperback. Ticket sales are closed, find out about the waitlist, here.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 15
HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE | Family Feature | PG

Once upon a time, there was an extraordinary 11-year-old boy with a lightning-shaped scar on his forehead. His name was Harry Potter. This film, the first of eight based on J.K. Rowling’s bestselling series, follows Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) as he discovers he is a wizard and has been invited to attend the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, where he soon makes friends, plays his first game of Quidditch, and learns that the wizarding world is far more dangerous than he imagined. Ticket sales are closed, find out about the waitlist!

TUESDAY, AUGUST 18
SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE | Family Feature | PG

A fresh take on Spider-Man, and the first film with a biracial superhero, this animated hit asks us to consider what would happen if there was more than one webslinger. The film has several, thanks to a disruption in the space-time continuum, but the main one is Miles Morales (Shameik Moore), a Brooklyn middle schooler who soon learns that a radioactive spider bite isn’t the only thing that can make a person powerful. This critically acclaimed film won the Best Animated Feature Film Oscar last year. Ticket sales are closed, find out about the waitlist!

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19
JOHN LEWIS: GOOD TROUBLE | Documentary | PG
Introduced by director Dawn Porter; a special 15-minute, prerecorded discussion between Rep. John Lewis and Oprah Winfrey will follow the film

Never has there been a more appropriate time to celebrate one of this country’s most enduring civil rights heroes. John Lewis marched with Martin Luther King, Jr., in Selma and served as U.S. Representative of Georgia’s Fifth Congressional District for more than 30 years. This film from award-winning documentary filmmaker Dawn Porter (Trapped, Gideon’s Army) explores Rep. Lewis’s childhood experiences, his inspiring family history, and his fateful meeting with Dr. King in 1957. Ticket sales are closed, find out about the waitlist!

THURSDAY, AUGUST 20
SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK | Drama | R
Introduced by director David O. Russell

Nominated for eight Oscars, this is the film for which Jennifer Lawrence won her first (for Best Actress). She stars as Tiffany, a troubled young widow who teams up with Pat (Bradley Cooper), a man who has bipolar disorder and has just left a mental institution. He’s living with his adoring mother (Jacki Weaver) and football-obsessed father (Robert De Niro). Funny, exuberant, and moving, this film is from a master of the modern screwball comedy, director David O. Russell (American Hustle, Flirting with Disaster). 

FRIDAY, AUGUST 21
THE PRINCESS BRIDE | Family Feature | PG

While a young boy (Fred Savage) is home sick, his grandfather (Peter Falk) reads him a story. A beautiful maiden named Buttercup (Robin Wright) has been kidnapped by a nasty prince. Her true love, the dashing Westley (Cary Elwes), now known as the Dread Pirate Roberts, sets out to save her, along with a swordsman, Inigo Montoya (Mandy Patinkin), and a friendly giant, Fezzik (André the Giant). The cast of this beloved film also includes Billy Crystal, Carol Kane, Wallace Shawn, and Christopher Guest. Ticket sales are closed, find out about the waitlist!

SATURDAY, AUGUST 22
THE GLORIAS | Drama
Introduced by director Julie Taymor

A celebration of sisterhood, Julie Taymor’s new biopic about Gloria Steinem follows the writer, activist, and Ms. magazine co-founder through her inspiring and influential career. There couldn’t be a more timely film, as the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements continue across our country. Adapted from Steinem’s memoir, My Life on the Road, the film stars a bevy of Oscar-winning and Oscar-nominated actors, including Julianne Moore, Alicia Vikander, Janelle Monáe, and Bette Midler. Ticket sales are closed, find out about the waitlist!

TUESDAY, AUGUST 25
CAMP NIGHT!

Tonight, we present a free family screening for campers at the YMCA’s Camp Kindness and the Martha’s Vineyard Boy & Girls Club’s summer camp. If you attended either of these camps over the summer, email jenna@tmvff.org to reserve your spot.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26
THE FIGHT | Documentary | PG-13

An inside look at the immensely consequential legal battles that American Civil Liberties Union lawyers are currently facing, this film gives us entry for the first time to the offices of an organization that has long worked to be a protector of the rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution. Since the election of Donald J. Trump, the ACLU has filed over 100 lawsuits against his administration. This film concentrates on four concerning the ban on transgendered people in the military, abortion rights for immigrants in federal care, the policy of family separation at the border, and the so-called “Muslim ban.” A humanizing, heartening, and sometimes even humorous glimpse into the hard work of advocacy, and its importance within the American judicial system, this film celebrates the unsung heroes who fight to protect our freedoms. 

THURSDAY, AUGUST 27
AGGIE | Documentary
Introduced by director Catherine Gund and Tanya Coke, director of the Ford Foundation’s Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Justice team

Art collector and philanthropist Agnes “Aggie” Gund is internationally recognized both for her robust support of artists—particularly women and people of color—and her unwavering commitment to social justice issues. She sold Roy Lichtenstein’s “Masterpiece” for $165 million in order to start the Art for Justice Fund, which works to reform the American criminal justice system and end mass incarceration. In this new film, Emmy-nominated director Catherine Gund (Born to Fly, Chavela) focuses on her mother’s pioneering journey to harness the power of art to transform consciousness and inspire social change. 

FRIDAY, AUGUST 28
E.T. THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL | Family Feature | PG

After a gentle alien becomes stranded on Earth, it is discovered and befriended by a young boy named Elliott (Henry Thomas), who introduces it to his brother and sister (Robert MacNaughton and Drew Barrymore). The children decide to keep its existence a secret, but when “E.T.” falls ill, the government intervenes and the situation becomes precarious. 

SATURDAY, AUGUST 29
JAWS | Drama | PG

Back by popular demand! Experience this classic film like you never have before…at a Vineyard drive-in. Winner of three Oscars (including one for John Williams’ thrilling score), the epic tale of man vs. shark was shot on the Island in 1974. See if you can spot your favorite beaches and local talent.

The schedule will be updated Wednesdays at 10 a.m.—keep checking back!