40 Nickels (2021)

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?

• Release Date: 2021-03-19
• Runtime: 0h 28min
• Production Company: Tisch School of the Arts (NYU)
• Production Country: United States of America
• Director: Yasmin Gorenberg