The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg
2000
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Aviva Kempner (born December 23, 1946) is a German-born American filmmaker. Her documentaries investigate non-stereotypical images of Jews in history and focus on the untold stories of Jewish people. She is most well known for The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg.
1 day ago · By Jodi Blecker | May 09, 2024. Aviva Kempner’s recent film, A Pocketful of Miracles: A Tale of Two Siblings, is her most personal documentary yet. Kempner has dedicated her professional career to highlighting the lives of Jewish heroes whose inspiring lives are not widely known. Her past films include Partisans of Vilna, The Life and Times ...
Producer: The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg. Aviva Kempner is a Washington, D.C.-based filmmaker, creates successful and critically acclaimed documentaries about under-known Jewish heroes and social justice. In 2019, she premiered her fifth commercially-released film, "The Spy Behind Home Plate".
Oct 17, 2023 · 4 min. ( 3 stars) Washington filmmaker Aviva Kempner appears a few times in her documentary “A Pocketful of Miracles: A Tale of Two Siblings,” an account of how her mother and uncle survived...
Jun 6, 2019 · Filmmaker Aviva Kempner’s new documentary “The Spy Behind Home Plate” reveals the story behind Moe Berg, a major league catcher and World War II OSS agent.
Aviva Kempner. Producer/Director/Writer. Washington, DC based filmmaker Aviva Kempner makes award winning documentaries about underknown Jewish heroes for 44 years. Kempner just completed A Pocketful of Miracles: A Tale of Two Siblings, which chronicles the heroism of the two Ciesla Foundation namesakes, Helen Ciesla Covensky and David Chase ...
Oct 30, 2023 · 4 min. Filmmaker Aviva Kempner was not expecting to include herself in her documentary about the Holocaust experiences of her mother and her uncle. She knew that her mother, born Hanka Ciesla...
