Egg Cream(2018)
Three simple ingredients and thousands of years of history
16 min · Documentary · Directed by Peter Miller, Nora 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.
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US release dates
- Premiere
- September 15, 2018
- Digital
- May 12, 2020