40 Nickels
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?
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Featured Crew
Yasmin Gorenberg
Writer
Myra Noveck
Writer
Yasmin Gorenberg
Director
Veronica Polsgrove
Producer's Assistant
Ainé Gleeson
Concept Artist
Pinar Binay
Producer
Danielle Privat
Key Makeup Artist
Noah Horowitz
Music
Allison Ikeda
Concept Artist
Cami Arias Silva
Art Direction
Kara Bartek
First Assistant Director
Rosalie Whitehead
Art Department Assistant