
40 Nickels
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?
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $40K
- Box office
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- Language
- English
- yiddish language
- yiddish
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United StatesUS
- TheatricalNRBoca Raton Jewish Film Festival19 Mar 2021
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40 Nickels was released on 19 March 2021.
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