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?
Stars: Grayson Taylor, Carole Foreman, Te'ena Klein, Leo Grinberg, Catherine Ashmore Bradley, Kathleen Bernhard
Crew: Yasmin Gorenberg (Director), Yasmin Gorenberg (Writer), Myra Noveck (Writer), Demetrius Beckham (Producer), Pinar Binay (Producer), Brooke Gehris (Producer)
Country: United States of America
Language: English,
Studio: Tisch School of the Arts (NYU)
Runtime: 28 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Mar 19, 2021
IMDb: 10
Keywords:yiddish language, yiddish
