Episode 435 - Erika Burke Rossa

Erika Burke Rossa is a writer, director, producer, and actor who, after reading the award-winning young adult novel Rain Reign by Anne M. Martin of Babysitter Club fame to her kid and was so deeply moved she reached out to Ms. Martin via Facebook to see if she could secure the rights to make it into a film…and that worked.After getting ahold of the rights, one thing started leading to another until last month, when it premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival with Paul Rudd, Felice Kakaletris, and Jeremy Sisto in the starring roles. Erika wrote the screenplay and directed it as her first feature film.Song 1: "Summer Breeze" by The Main Ingredient off their 1974 album Euphrates River...it's their version of Seals & Crofts' song that came out a couple years before in 1972. https://youtu.be/VS0hp0Ph49k?si=KltaLObaYct1dNwMSong 2: "Rio" by Duran Duran...it's the title track of, and first track on, their 1982 album Rio...it was their second studio album.  https://youtu.be/celWC4SvxZU?si=9FTZ-QeaIIXRIYw1Song 3: “Groove Is In The Heart” by Deee-Lite from their album World Clique released in 1990. https://youtu.be/Y4TC2D7uGqs?si=B-M_bVdTOztZsZ6E