The early 90s were Black urban dramas like New Jack City (1991) Boyz n the Hood (1991) Juice (1992) and Menace II Society (1993). Every Hollywood studio wanted one, but 21-year-old director Matty Rich ...

If you’re an East Coaster (or a Black movie buff), you may associate “The Inkwell” with the famed beach on Martha’s Vineyard or the film of the same name. But on the Left Coast, the phrase “The Ink ...

The Inkwell, a coming-of-age story about Drew Tate and his family’s trip to Martha’s Vineyard, turns 20 this week. During a two-week vacation in 1976 at the affluent black enclave, Drew goes lobster ...

I first heard about Inkwell Beach, in Oak Bluffs, Martha’s Vineyard, more than forty years ago, from a high-school classmate in Atlanta, Georgia. He would go there with his father, a physician; his ...