40 Nickels

2021 | 28 minutes | 0.0 ★ (0)

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?

  • Release Date

    19 March 2021

  • DirectingYasmin Gorenberg
  • Budget

    $40,000.00

  • Revenue

    $0.00

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