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40 Nickels
An immigrant boy of the Depression era soars above his family's tragedies.
Based her grandfather’s boyhood in St. Louis, Yasmin Gorenberg tells a story of the pain passed from refugee parents to their children and the hope that can overcome it. “40 Nickels” captures the image of a generation of immigrants to the United States in the 1920’s and 1930’s and through that spotlights the effects of the 1919 pogroms in Eastern Europe. This is a film about parents and children: how trauma never leaves a family, and how hope and resilience is also passed down. It asks the question: Can a new generation look at the world with wonder rather than fear?
Cast
- Grayson Taylor as Norm
- Carole Foreman as Bubbe
- Te'ena Klein as Ethel
- Leo Grinberg as Itzik
- Catherine Ashmore Bradley as Sarah
- Kathleen Bernhard as Street Person
- Andy Boxold as School Boy
- Aubin Bradley as Sarah's Sister
- Lucas Cardona as Ice Cream Man
- Keira Coakley as School Girl
- Charles Goldfischer as Street Person
- Blake Goldstein as Irv
Details
- Director
- Yasmin Gorenberg
- Released
- March 19, 2021
- Runtime
- 28m
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Studio
- Tisch School of the Arts (NYU)
- Status
- Released
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