Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas

Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas

52 mins | Documentary | Nov. 5, 2017

An offbeat, irreverent musical documentary that tells the story of a group of Jewish songwriters, including Irving Berlin, Mel Tormé, Jay Livingston, Ray Evans, Gloria Shayne Baker and Johnny Marks, who wrote the soundtrack to Christianity’s most musical holiday. It’s an amazing tale of immigrant outsiders who became irreplaceable players in pop culture’s mainstream – a generation of songwriters who found in Christmas the perfect holiday in which to imagine a better world, and for at least one day a year, make us believe.

Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas

52 mins | Documentary | Nov. 5, 2017

Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas
An offbeat, irreverent musical documentary that tells the story of a group of Jewish songwriters, including Irving Berlin, Mel Tormé, Jay Livingston, Ray Evans, Gloria Shayne Baker and Johnny Marks, who wrote the soundtrack to Christianity’s most musical holiday. It’s an amazing tale of immigrant outsiders who became irreplaceable players in pop culture’s mainstream – a generation of songwriters who found in Christmas the perfect holiday in which to imagine a better world, and for at least one day a year, make us believe.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers Riddle Films Inc.
Original title Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas
Directors Larry Weinstein
Writers Jason Charters

Cast

Kang Ho

as Owner's Mother

Steven Page

as Take-Out Man

Gaston Poon

as Owner

Decker Williams

as The Boy

Jeremy Salzman

as Father

Jenna Harris

as Mother

Franc-Anton Harwart

as Head Waiter

Dione Taylor

as Young Woman

Aviva Chernick

as Female Singer

Justin Gray

as Guitar Player

Sash Striga

as Young Woman