Am 23. Februar 2019 lud die Max Dienemann/Salomon Formstecher Gesellschaft Offenbach e.V. zur jüdischen Filmnacht im Filmklubb Offenbach ein. Gezeigt wurden der erste Tonfilm „The Jazz Singer“ (1927) sowie der Dokumentarfilm „Ein Blick auf Al Jolson“ (2007) von der Filmemacherin Andrea Oberheiden-Brent. Im Anschluss gab es ein Interview mit der Filmemacherin, die ihren Sohn Glenn Jolson (5) dabei hatte sowie ihren Ehemann, den Amerikaner Wyman Brent, Gründer der Vilnius Jewish Public Library (2011), der ersten öffentlichen, jüdischen Bibliothek in Litauen seit 1943.
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Short film: SERENITY
New short film SERENITY, published on December 31st, 2016, written & directed by Andrea Oberheiden-Brent, featuring the poem ‘Fear no more the heat o’ the sun’ by William Shakespeare (1564–1616) from ‘Cymbeline’, Act IV. Scene 2.
WILD ABOUT JOLSON Talk Show ep. #4
In our 4th episode of WILD ABOUT JOLSON Talk Show, we welcomed our first guest: Ron Hutchinson, founder of the Vitaphone Project in New Jersey, USA. Hutchinson found and restored the Vitaphone disc of the Warner Bros. short A PLANTATION ACT (1926).
WILD ABOUT JOLSON Talk Show ep. #3
The wait is over, WILD ABOUT JOLSON #3 is online!
In this episode, Nigel, Andrea, Andrew, and Vlad discuss Al Jolson’s 5th feature film BIG BOY (1930) for over an hour. A silly comedy, deep social commentary, or both?
WILD ABOUT JOLSON Talk Show ep. #2
Check out the newest episode of Nigel Dreiner’s WILD ABOUT JOLSON podcast in which the „crew“ of Nigel, Andrea, Andrew and Vlad discuss the 1948 „screentest“ films.
FLap Podcast: 2nd episode!
Our second FLAp Podcast episode is online in which we discuss further aspects of Robin Williams in his final dramatic film Boulevard. Please like and share. Thank you.
New podcast „Wild About Jolson“
FLAp Podcast episode No. 1 is online!
The first episode of our FLAp Podcast is online! We discuss Robin Williams‘ last dramatic performance in a movie and also talk about the film’s cinematography. A follow-up episode is already in the making. If you’d like to participate, please get in touch with us.
FLAp: New Podcast

Andrea launched a film, literature and art podcast together with her film partner Jens J. Reinke. The first episode will be published in October of this year and will be about Robin Williams‘ performance in his last dramatic role in Boulevard (2014) as well as about the film’s cinematography. Make sure you don’t miss it!
Check out their podcast website, FLAp Facebook page as well as their FLAp Twitter account.
Art Project „Erratische Blöcke“ in Loitz, Germany

The next art project „Erratic Blocks“ of the art association „Künstler Gut Loitz e.V.“ will take place on October 30th and 31st, 2015 in Loitz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Andrea will write about Wyman’s art pieces in the upcoming exhibition’s publication.
The background for this year’s art project is the 200th anniversary of Sweden ceding Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (which had fallen under Swedish rule in 1648) to Prussia.
Wyman’s topic is the influence of history on people’s everyday lives; his artwork falls into the categories of found art and ready-mades. Andrea and Wyman collaborated artistically on some of the art pieces