OFFICIAL SITE
A film by Aviva
Kempner
NR, 92 minutes
“'The Oprah of her day’ …a study of media celebrity and collective forgetfulness in the age of information overload.” - Stephen Holden, The New York Times
"Colorful, entertaining, and socially incisive…a major achievement…an important and fascinating look at a cultural and entertainment phenomenon."- William Wolf, WolfEntertainmentGuide.com
From Aviva Kempner, award-winning maker of The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg, comes this humorous and eye-opening story of television pioneer Gertrude Berg. She was the creator, principal writer, and star of The Goldbergs, a popular radio show about a Jewish family living in New York City which became television’s very first character-driven domestic sitcom in 1949. She combined social commentary, family values and lots of humor to win the hearts of America.