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You're bidding on a promotional poster for the brand-new film Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg, signed by director Aviva Kempner. The poster is 27" x 39".

Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg is the 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.

Director Aviva Kempner has a mission in life: Her films and writing investigate non-stereotypical images of Jews in history and focuses and celebrates the under known stories of Jewish heroes.

Ms. Kempner was the script writer, director and producer of The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg, a film about the Jewish slugger who fought anti-Semitism in the 1930's and 40's. It was awarded top honors by the National Society of Film Critics, the National Board of Review, the New York Film Critics Circle, and the Broadcast Film Critics Association. The film received a George Peabody Award and was nominated for an Emmy. Kempner will be the recipient of the 2009 San Francisco Jewish Film Festival's Freedom of Expression Award in July. She is being given this award for her significant contribution to creating positive images of Jewish heroes in film and her work as a Jewish film curator.

Ms. Kempner also produced and co-wrote Partisans of Vilna, a documentary on Jewish resistance against the Nazis, which came out in DVD for its' 20th anniversary. She was the executive producer of the 1989 Grammy-award nominated record, Partisans of Vilna: The Songs of World War II Jewish Resistance.

Ms. Kempner lives in Washington, DC where she plays a prominent role in the artist and film community. She writes film criticism and feature articles for numerous publications, including The Boston Globe, The Forward, Washington Jewish Week and The Washington Post. She also lectures about cinema throughout the country. Her many accomplishments include: recipient of the 1996 Guggenheim Fellowship and the 2000 DC Mayor's Art Award: 2001 Women of Vision award from D.C.'s Women in Film and Video chapter and the 2001 Media Arts award from the National Foundation for Jewish Culture.

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