40 Nickels

The story

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?

Cast

G Grayson TaylorNorm C Carole ForemanBubbe T Te'ena KleinEthel L Leo GrinbergItzik C Catherine Ashmore BradleySarah K Kathleen BernhardStreet Person A Andy BoxoldSchool Boy A Aubin BradleySarah's Sister L Lucas CardonaIce Cream Man K Keira CoakleySchool Girl C Charles GoldfischerStreet Person B Blake GoldsteinIrv

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K Kate KarenStreet Child J Jeff LevinsonStore Customer D Donald MohanStreet Person J Joshua PackardJim C Cailyn PeddleStreet Child S Sarina RoffeSchool Girl J J. Anthony RomanHandbill Man M Mathieu SilvermanStreet Child L Linda SimonMrs. Goldberg C Catherine TaorminaMrs. Stein M Malcolm Quinn Silver-Van MeterBody Double (Norm)