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An immigrant boy of the Depression era soars above his family's tragedies.
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?
$40,000
March 19, 2021
Tisch School of the Arts (NYU)
23 people
Grayson Taylor
Norm
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Carole Foreman
Bubbe
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Te'ena Klein
Ethel
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Leo Grinberg
Itzik
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Catherine Ashmore Bradley
Sarah
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Kathleen Bernhard
Street Person
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Andy Boxold
School Boy
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Aubin Bradley
Sarah's Sister
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Lucas Cardona
Ice Cream Man
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Keira Coakley
School Girl
Acting
Charles Goldfischer
Street Person
Acting
Blake Goldstein
Irv
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