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
Grayson Taylor
Norm
Carole Foreman
Bubbe
Te'ena Klein
Ethel
Leo Grinberg
Itzik
Catherine Ashmore Bradley
Sarah
Kathleen Bernhard
Street Person
Andy Boxold
School Boy
Aubin Bradley
Sarah's Sister
Lucas Cardona
Ice Cream Man
Keira Coakley
School Girl
Charles Goldfischer
Street Person
Blake Goldstein
Irv
Kate Karen
Street Child
Jeff Levinson
Store Customer
Donald Mohan
Street Person
Joshua Packard
Jim
Cailyn Peddle
Street Child
Sarina Roffe
School Girl
J. Anthony Roman
Handbill Man
Mathieu Silverman
Street Child
Linda Simon
Mrs. Goldberg
Catherine Taormina
Mrs. Stein
Malcolm Quinn Silver-Van Meter
Body Double (Norm)
Crew
Yasmin Gorenberg
Director, Writer
Myra Noveck
Writer
Lily Newton
Editor
Danyal Niazi
Director of Photography
Kara Bartek
First Assistant Director
Beth Derouin
First Assistant Director
Lucy Smith-Williams
Second Assistant Director
Demetrius Beckham
Producer
Pinar Binay
Producer
Brooke Gehris
Producer
Olivia Krueger
Producer, Casting
Veronica Polsgrove
Producer's Assistant
Malcolm Quinn Silver-Van Meter
Production Assistant, Set Dresser
Emilio Miguel Torres
Production Assistant
Benna Van Der Walt
Production Assistant
Derya Celikkol
Production Design
Sarah Gold
First Assistant Camera
Michael Parry
First Assistant Camera
Zoë Yi
First Assistant Camera
Matt Iacono
Second Assistant Camera
Hana Kim
Second Assistant Camera
Shilpa Kunnappillil
Second Assistant Camera, Unit Production Manager
Annie Barson
Casting Assistant
Dannie Giglevitch
Costume Design
Halle Hewitt
Wardrobe Assistant
Danielle Privat
Key Makeup Artist
Eli Kuli
Art Department Assistant
Rosalie Whitehead
Art Department Assistant
Phillip Michael Youmans
Art Department Assistant
Jiwon Uhm
Sound Editor
Pete Christmann
Sound Mixer
Shalemar Coloma
Sound Mixer
Saki Kanomata
Sound Mixer
Vanneeda Keowmang
Sound Mixer
Iris Liu
Sound Mixer
Kristal Salazar
Sound Mixer
Natalie Pierce
Boom Operator
Grant Thorshov
Boom Operator
Katherine Margall
Foley Artist
Alex Noble
Visual Effects Supervisor
Danielle Benedict
Visual Effects
Dulany Foster IV
CG Supervisor
Jameson Caps
Musician
John Konsolakis
Musician
Genny Seifert
Musician
Noah Horowitz
Music
Lili Rosen
Dialect Coach, Translator
Derin Egrikavuk
Set Dresser
Werno Oosthuyzen
Set Dresser
Alina Olnick
Script Supervisor
Shivangani Suri
Script Supervisor
John Zeng
Best Boy Electric
Pan Ferguson
Driver
Sibel Elaltunterin
Property Master
James Dayton
Best Boy Grip
Christian Forte
Best Boy Grip
Ruchit Negotia
Best Boy Grip
Daniel Cho
Key Grip
Stefan Nachmann
Key Grip
Maximo Maluso
Grip
Linda Wu
Grip
Ace Buckley
Gaffer
Siya Bahal
Unit Production Manager
Ethan Nelson
Unit Production Manager
J. Anthony Roman
Unit Production Manager
Cami Arias Silva
Art Direction
Ainé Gleeson
Concept Artist
Allison Ikeda
Concept Artist
Odelya Toder
Graphic Designer