CANTON - The documentary film “Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg,” which examines the groundbreaking work of radio and television star Gertrude Berg, will be screened at St. Lawrence University on Thursday, March 3, at 7 p.m. in Room 218 of Hepburn Hall. The screening will be followed by a brief talk and question-and-answer session with the filmmaker, Aviva Kempner.

The event, the Rabbi Seymour Siegel Memorial Lecture, is open to the public, free of charge.

Berg was the creator, principal writer and star of "The Goldbergs," a popular radio show for 17 years, later moving to television, where it was the first character-driven domestic situation comedy, beginning in 1949. Berg received the first Best Actress Emmy in history, and paved the way for women in the entertainment industry. The film 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.

Kempner's work investigates non-stereotypical images of Jews in history and focuses and celebrates the under known stories of Jewish heroes. Her documentary film about baseball player Hank Greenberg won a number of awards, as has her Berg documentary.