40 Nickels
An immigrant boy of the Depression era soars above his family's tragedies.
0.0(0) 2021-03-19 28 minDramaHistory
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?
WriterYasmin Gorenberg
WriterMyra Noveck
DirectorYasmin Gorenberg
ProducerDemetrius Beckham
ProducerBrooke Gehris
ProducerOlivia Krueger
ProducerPinar Binay
Cast & characters
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Grayson Taylor
as Norm
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Carole Foreman
as Bubbe
Te'ena Klein
as Ethel
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Leo Grinberg
as Itzik
Catherine Ashmore Bradley
as Sarah
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Kathleen Bernhard
as Street Person
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Andy Boxold
as School Boy
Aubin Bradley
as Sarah's Sister
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Lucas Cardona
as Ice Cream Man
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Keira Coakley
as School Girl
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Charles Goldfischer
as Street Person
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Blake Goldstein
as Irv
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Kate Karen
as Street Child
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Jeff Levinson
as Store Customer
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Donald Mohan
as Street Person
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Joshua Packard
as Jim
Cailyn Peddle
as Street Child
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Sarina Roffe
as School Girl
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J. Anthony Roman
as Handbill Man
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Mathieu Silverman
as Street Child
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Linda Simon
as Mrs. Goldberg
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Catherine Taormina
as Mrs. Stein
Malcolm Quinn Silver-Van Meter
as Body Double (Norm)
