Egg Cream (2018)
Three simple ingredients and thousands of years of history
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.
- Date of release
- 2018-09-15
- Runtime
- 16m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Nora Claire Miller, Peter Miller
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