Film
Egg Cream
2018 · 16m · Documentary
Three simple ingredients and thousands of years of history
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Overview
A short film about the enduring meaning of a beloved chocolate soda drink born on the Jewish Lower East Side. The egg cream contained neither eggs nor cream—it was a product of necessity and hardship, but a source of joy and sweetness. Through a tour of egg cream establishments led by a filmmaker and his young daughter, exhaustively researched archival imagery (and an eponymous song by Lou Reed!), EGG CREAM examines the Jewish experience in America and the mythology of a simpler time.
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Crew
- Nora Claire MillerWriter · Director
- Peter MillerProducer · Director · Writer
- Amy CareyEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- September 15, 2018
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 16m
- Genres
- Documentary
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