Sheila Hayman on Fanny: The Other Mendelssohn | LBI Film Club Interview

Join Sheila Hayman, director and writer of Fanny: The Other Mendelssohn, in conversation with the Leo Baeck Institute London about the extraordinary life and music of Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel.In this interview, Sheila discusses the research behind the film, the recovery of Fanny’s work, and the wider questions the story raises about Jewish history, women’s creativity, family, and cultural memory.This conversation accompanies our next LBI Film Club screening of Fanny: The Other Mendelssohn, available free to watch from 25 June to 2 July 2026 on our website.You can also listen to the interview on Spotify.Watch the film club screening and find out more at: https://www.lbilondon.ac.uk/events/film-club/lbi-film-club-fanny-other-mendelssohn#LeoBaeckInstituteLondon #FilmClub #FannyMendelssohn #SheilaHayman #JewishHistory #JewishCulture #WomenInMusic #ClassicalMusic #GermanJewishHistory #DocumentaryFilm #WomenInFilm