40 Nickels

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?

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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