2009
August 2009
Thursday 6 August 2009
Thu 6 Aug, 7 pm. West Newton Cinema Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg, directed by Aviva Kempner (2009, US, 92 min., 35mm) From Aviva Kempner, award-winning maker of The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (screened in our 1999 Festival), 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. 1001 Watertown Street, West Newton, 02465. Sara Rubin, 617-244-9899, info@bjff.org. Boston Jewish Film Festival - [more][events]