Director of Photography
Two Asian-American teenagers meet in the bathroom of a Chinese restaurant while having dinner with their families.
Gaffer
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?
Best Boy Electric
Yakov, um ex-Hassid, aceita um emprego como shomer, sendo contratado para “fazer a vigília” do corpo de um membro falecido da comunidade. Tendo perdido a fé, Yakov não está ansioso para voltar à comunidade religiosa que abandonou recentemente. Mas quando Reb Shulem, um rabino e confidente, se aproxima de Yakov após uma reunião de um grupo de apoio e se oferece para pagar Yakov para ser o shomer de um sobrevivente do Holocausto recentemente falecido, ele aceita com relutância o trabalho. Logo depois de chegar à casa em ruínas, Yakov percebe que algo está muito, muito errado. Esta não será uma vigília silenciosa.
Gaffer
When Ruben, a young Chicano musician, is caught between his mother’s expectations and his own hopes, he is forced to make a decision that will change his life forever. Based on true events, “Con Esperanza” follows Ruben on his journey of pursuing his dreams, balancing both the traditional and financial expectations of his Mother.
