Egg Cream

Egg Cream (2018)

Released Documentary · 16 min

 

Egg Cream (2018)

Released Documentary · 16 min

 

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... see more

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... see more

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RUNTIME
N/A min
RELEASED
Sep 15, 2018
COUNTRY
US
LANGUAGE
EN
SPOKEN
English
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