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Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas (2017)

Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas (2017)

Music Documentary
Release Date: 2017, November 5
Directors: Larry Weinstein
Countries: Canada
Production: Riddle Films Inc.
Cast: Steven Page, Kang Ho, Gaston Poon, Decker Williams, Jeremy Salzman, Jenna Harris, Franc-Anton Harwart, Aviva Chernick, Justin Gray, Sash Striga

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

assimilation christmas music jewish jewish culture songwriter famous song christmas songs