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Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas
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Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas

Nov 5, 2017
0h 52m
★ 8.0

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.

Genres

Documentary
Music

Production Companies

Riddle Films Inc.

Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas Trailers

Cast

Larry Weinstein

Narrator

Larry Weinstein

Kang Ho

Owner's Mother

Kang Ho

Steven Page

Take-Out Man

Steven Page

Gaston Poon

Owner

Gaston Poon

Decker Williams

The Boy

Decker Williams

Jeremy Salzman

Father

Jeremy Salzman

Jenna Harris

Mother

Jenna Harris

Franc-Anton Harwart

Head Waiter

Franc-Anton Harwart

Dione Taylor

Young Woman

Dione Taylor

Aviva Chernick

Female Singer

Aviva Chernick

Justin Gray

Guitar Player

Justin Gray

Sash Striga

Young Woman

Sash Striga

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