Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas (2017)

Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas (2017)

2017-11-05 Canada 52 Min. PG-13
8 2 votes

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.

Cast

Larry Weinstein is Narrator
Kang Ho is Owner's Mother
Owner's Mother
Steven Page is Take-Out Man
Take-Out Man
Jenna Harris is Mother
Franc-Anton Harwart is Head Waiter
Dione Taylor is Young Woman
Young Woman
Aviva Chernick is Female Singer
Female Singer
Justin Gray is Guitar Player
Guitar Player
Sash Striga is Young Woman
Young Woman