Egg Cream
2018 · 16 min · Documentary
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.
- Directors
- Nora Claire Miller, Peter Miller
- Writers
- Nora Claire Miller, Peter Miller
- Released
- September 15, 2018
- Language
- English
Where to watch in the US
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