Aviva Kempner

Rosenwald

Aviva Kempner

The Rosenwald Schools by Aviva Kempner is a documentary about how Chicago philanthropist Julius Rosenwald, the son of an immigrant peddler who rose to head Sears, partnered with Booker T. Washington to build 5,400 Southern schools in African American communities in the early 1900s during the Jim Crow era.

The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg

Aviva Kempner

The story of Baseball Hall-of-Famer Hank Greenberg, the first major Jewish baseball star in the Major Leagues, is told through archival film footage and interviews with fans, former teammates, friends, and family. As a great first baseman with the Detroit Tigers, Greenberg endured antisemitism and became a hero and source of inspiration throughout the Jewish community, not incidentally leading the Tigers to Major League dominance in the 1930s.

Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg

Aviva Kempner

Gertrude Berg, Ruth Bader Ginsburg

The story of the actor, writer and broadcasting pioneer, Gertrude Berg.

The Spy Behind Home Plate

Aviva Kempner

William Colby

The first feature-length documentary about Moe Berg, the enigmatic and brilliant baseball player who turned spy for the U.S. Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II.