40 Nickels

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

40 Nickels — Plot

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
• March 19, 2021
• Runtime
• 28 min
• Genres
• Drama, History
• Director
• Yasmin Gorenberg

40 Nickels — Cast

G

Grayson Taylor Norm

C

Carole Foreman Bubbe Te'ena Klein Ethel

L

Leo Grinberg Itzik Catherine Ashmore Bradley Sarah

K

Kathleen Bernhard Street Person

A

Andy Boxold School Boy Aubin Bradley Sarah's Sister