director Andrea Oberheiden-Brent

"Jolson's appearance in THE JAZZ SINGER (a film made in 1927!) was able to captivate us as a new and modern audience in the year 2005.

We simply had to do a project about this brillant, electrifying, and timeless entertainer!"

Andrea Oberheiden-Brent

producer Jens J. Reinke

Cast & Crew:

Director: Andrea Oberheiden
Producer: Andrea Oberheiden
Executive Producer: Jens J. Reinke
Camera: Andrea Oberheiden, Jens J. Reinke
Editing, Sound: Andrea Oberheiden
Technical Advisor: Jens J. Reinke
Music: Beth Ertz  
Narrator: Ben Posener

Interviewees (selection):

Miles Kreuger (film musical expert)
Richard Halpern (singer, actor, comedian)
Tony Babino (singer)
Ted Merwin (professor, writer, journalist)
Mark Slobin (ethnomusicologist)
Stephen Mo Hanan (actor, writer)
Jonathan Sonneborn (film historian)
Paul Bowers (art historian)
Marjorie Elitzer (Al Jolson's second cousin)
Julius Ertz (Al Jolson's second cousin)