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Synopsis
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?
Title | 40 Nickels |
Companies | Tisch School of the Arts (NYU) |
Countries | United States of America |
Keywords | yiddish language, yiddish |

Grayson Taylor
NormCarole Foreman
Bubbe
Te'ena Klein
EthelLeo Grinberg
ItzikKathleen Bernhard
Street PersonAndy Boxold
School Boy
Aubin Bradley
Sarah's SisterLucas Cardona
Ice Cream ManKeira Coakley
School GirlCharles Goldfischer
Street PersonBlake Goldstein
IrvKate Karen
Street ChildJeff Levinson
Store CustomerDonald Mohan
Street PersonJoshua Packard
Jim
Cailyn Peddle
Street ChildSarina Roffe
School GirlJ. Anthony Roman
Handbill ManMathieu Silverman
Street ChildLinda Simon
Mrs. GoldbergCatherine Taormina
Mrs. Stein