40 Nickels
An immigrant boy of the Depression era soars above his family's tragedies.
2021-03-19
United States of America
28 minutes.
Overview
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?
Year 2021
Director Yasmin Gorenberg
Crew Yasmin Gorenberg (Writer), Myra Noveck (Writer), Yasmin Gorenberg (Director), Danielle Privat (Key Makeup Artist), Rosalie Whitehead (Art Department Assistant), Grant Thorshov (Boom Operator)
Popularity 0
Language English,
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