Friday October 16, 2009
12:00AM - 12:00AM
YOO HOO MRS. GOLDBERG OPENS OCTOBER 16 IN TORONTO
Category :: Movie
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Internationally renowned documentarian and archivist Aviva Kempner to make Canadian appearances in support of Award winning feature YOO HOO MRS. GOLDBERG, Opening October 16th
From Aviva Kempner, 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 for 17 years, which became television’s very first character-driven domestic sitcom in 1949. Berg received the first Best Actress Emmy in history, and paved the way for women in the entertainment industry. Includes interviews with Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, actor Ed Asner, producers Norman Lear (All in the Family) and Gary David Goldberg (Family Ties), and NPR correspondent Susan Stamberg.
The film kicks off its Canadian release in Toronto October 16th.
Ms. Kempner will host Q and A’s on Saturday October 17th and 18th at the Cineplex Odeon Sheppard Grande Cinemas.
Additional appearances in support of the film to be announced shortly.
Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwtJhlKW47k
From Aviva Kempner, 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 for 17 years, which became television’s very first character-driven domestic sitcom in 1949. Berg received the first Best Actress Emmy in history, and paved the way for women in the entertainment industry. Includes interviews with Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, actor Ed Asner, producers Norman Lear (All in the Family) and Gary David Goldberg (Family Ties), and NPR correspondent Susan Stamberg.
The film kicks off its Canadian release in Toronto October 16th.
Ms. Kempner will host Q and A’s on Saturday October 17th and 18th at the Cineplex Odeon Sheppard Grande Cinemas.
Additional appearances in support of the film to be announced shortly.
Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwtJhlKW47k
For More Information:
Location/Venue:
Cineplex Odeon Sheppard Grande
Address:
4861 Yonge Street
City:
Toronto
Zip/Postal:
M2N5X2
Contact Name:
Ryan Bruce Levey
Phone:
416-590-9397
Email:
Web:
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