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 ep. 1 on Youtube

FLAp ep. 1 oflap podcast playern FLAp website

Al Jolson Memorial Stone in Lithuania

DSC_0249Al Jolson received a memorial stone at Jakovas Bunka’s Litvak memorial park near Plateliai, a small village in the North West of Lithuania, on September 17th, 2014. Jakovas Bunka recently passed away and was considered the last Jew in the town of Plunge, close to Plateliai. Bunka’s son Eugenijus, journalist, writer, and activist, is now leading the foundation. Jens J. Reinke, my partner at AJ-Images.com and my husband Wyman covered the event.

Trip to Bromley, UK

Bromley Jolson Festival 2012
Bromley Jolson Festival 2012

Andrea and Wyman attended the 2012 Jolson Festival in Bromley, held by the Int’l. Al Jolson Society, UK. They gave a presentation on Andrea’s filmwork as well as on the Vilnius Jewish Public Library. They also interviewed Jolson biographer Michael Freedland. Once again, the organizers came up with an amazing UK Jolson weekend.