Film Trees Cry for Rain: A Sephardic Journey (1989)       This wonderful documentary by filmmaker Bonnie Burt, features a brief appearance by Judy, and her singing provides much of the sound track. The Jewish Channel carries a review of the film. The channel also carries the following interview with Rabbi Marc Angel which includes very brief (and soundless) clips of Judy (45 seconds and 2.05 minutes into the segment): *** ¡FIESTAREMOS! The Judy Frankel Story, A Celebration of Sephardic Music1       a film by Dr Kate Regan, Professor of Spanish at the University of Portland. There is a brief clip, and you can obtain a copy of the film through the site. Doctor Regan gave a paper, History through Song: Judy Frankel and the Sephardic Music Tradition, at GEMELA 20082 on 2 October 2008 at California State U in Long Beach. Fiestaremos has since been shown at various venues: the Clinton Street Theater, Portland, Oregon; the Jewish Community Library, San Francisco; the University of Oregon; Georgetown University. Most notably it opened the Sephardic Film Festival on 11 November 2008. It had its New York premiere on Sunday, 7 February 2010 as part of the NY Sephardic Jewish Film Festival, and was followed by a discussion led by Kate Regan and Samuel Thomas, performer, ethnomusicologist and executive director of AsefaMusic. Clare Shreve reviews the film in The Beacon, the University of Portland newspaper. She writes: Frankel and her family loved the film ... she played the film for guests and would even harmonize with herself. Kate Regan interviewed about Judy Frankel from Phil Incorvia on Vimeo. 1The film's original title was Fiestaremos: Judy Frankel and the Sephardic Music Tradition 2 GEMELA = Grupo de Estudios sobre la Mujer en España y las Américas (Study Group on Women in Spain and the Americas) Venimos aver. Venimos aver. Back