J. Anthony Roman

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?

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?

When young Malcom (D. Malik Beckford), a charismatic prison inmate saves the life of a Corrections Officer (Christopher LaPanta) during a prison fight, he is paroled early, and gets to start his life for real. Malcom turns his life around, becomes a Champion professional wrestler, and inspires his old friend to change his life for the better.

When young Malcom (D. Malik Beckford), a charismatic prison inmate saves the life of a Corrections Officer (Christopher LaPanta) during a prison fight, he is paroled early, and gets to start his life for real. Malcom turns his life around, becomes a Champion professional wrestler, and inspires his old friend to change his life for the better.

When young Malcom (D. Malik Beckford), a charismatic prison inmate saves the life of a Corrections Officer (Christopher LaPanta) during a prison fight, he is paroled early, and gets to start his life for real. Malcom turns his life around, becomes a Champion professional wrestler, and inspires his old friend to change his life for the better.

When young Malcom (D. Malik Beckford), a charismatic prison inmate saves the life of a Corrections Officer (Christopher LaPanta) during a prison fight, he is paroled early, and gets to start his life for real. Malcom turns his life around, becomes a Champion professional wrestler, and inspires his old friend to change his life for the better.

Over the course of one night a group of college friends try to navigate their complicated love lives before they leave for winter break.