Movie Details
On Digital & Streaming:May 12th, 2020
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Original Language:English
Production Companies:Willow Pond Films
Egg Cream (2020)
"Three simple ingredients and thousands of years of history"Movie
WritersNora Claire Miller
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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.
