Drama, History 03/19/2021 28m

40 Nickels (2021)

"An immigrant boy of the Depression era soars above his family's tragedies."

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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?

Yasmin Gorenberg

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Yasmin Gorenberg

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Myra Noveck

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