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?

Cast (23)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

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

L

Lucas Cardona

Ice Cream Man

K

Keira Coakley

School Girl

C

Charles Goldfischer

Street Person

B

Blake Goldstein

Irv

K

Kate Karen

Street Child

J

Jeff Levinson

Store Customer

D

Donald Mohan

Street Person

Joshua Packard

Jim

Cailyn Peddle

Street Child

S

Sarina Roffe

School Girl

J

J. Anthony Roman

Handbill Man

M

Mathieu Silverman

Street Child

L

Linda Simon

Mrs. Goldberg

C

Catherine Taormina

Mrs. Stein

Malcolm Quinn Silver-Van Meter

Body Double (Norm)

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