40 Nickels
2021 · Yasmin Gorenberg · 28 min
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?
Grayson TaylorNormCarole ForemanBubbe
Te'ena KleinEthelLeo GrinbergItzik
Catherine Ashmore BradleySarahKathleen BernhardStreet PersonAndy BoxoldSchool Boy
Aubin BradleySarah's SisterLucas CardonaIce Cream ManKeira CoakleySchool GirlCharles GoldfischerStreet PersonBlake GoldsteinIrvKate KarenStreet ChildJeff LevinsonStore CustomerDonald MohanStreet Person
Te'ena KleinEthelLeo GrinbergItzikCatherine Ashmore BradleySarahKathleen BernhardStreet PersonAndy BoxoldSchool BoyAubin BradleySarah's SisterLucas CardonaIce Cream ManKeira CoakleySchool GirlCharles GoldfischerStreet PersonBlake GoldsteinIrvKate KarenStreet ChildJeff LevinsonStore CustomerDonald MohanStreet Person
