40 Nickels
An immigrant boy of the Depression era soars above his family's tragedies.
Directed by Yasmin Gorenberg
Plot
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?
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Cast
Grayson Taylor
Norm
Carole Foreman
Bubbe
Te'ena Klein
Ethel
Leo Grinberg
Itzik
Catherine Ashmore Bradley
Sarah
Kathleen Bernhard
Street Person
Andy Boxold
School Boy
Aubin Bradley
Sarah's Sister
Lucas Cardona
Ice Cream Man
Keira Coakley
School Girl
Charles Goldfischer
Street Person
Blake Goldstein
Irv
Kate Karen
Street Child
Jeff Levinson
Store Customer
Donald Mohan
Street Person