My Sister, My Bride

In "My Sister, My Bride" take a heart-warming and historic journey with two women, J. Farrell Cafferata and Caren Jenkins. Partners for five years, Farrell and Caren want to officially celebrate their commitment like any other couple in love. However, they do not have the same legal rights as any other couple. First meet Farrell and Caren at their B'rit Ahuvah, a Jewish commitment ceremony in Nevada in October 2002. Two years later, when San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, in a ground breaking act, ordered the County Clerk to begin issuing same-sex marriage licenses, Farrell and Caren come to be married at San Francisco City Hall in a civil ceremony. Together with thousands of other hopeful couples, they participate in what has become a defining moment in on-going struggle for equality in this country.

BONNIE BURT has been documenting Jewish life and culture for 20 years. After a career as a psychotherapist, she produced a trilogy of videos about Jewish life in Cuba including: “The Believers” , “Abraham and Eugenia” (SFJFF premiere)and “Trip to Jewish Cuba”. In addition, she has produced a video about adult bat mitzvah, “Coming of Age: Adult Bat Mitzvah”, and “Trees Cry For Rain: A Sephardic Journey” (SFJFF premiere), about Sephardic history and culture. Her work has been shown in film festivals worldwide and on television. Ms. Burt currently lives in the Bay Area of California and is working on a documentary about the radical chicken ranchers of Petaluma, California.