Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas (2017)

Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas

2017

Documentary Music

Synopsis

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.

Credits

Director

Larry Weinstein

Cast

Aviva Chernick as Female Singer

Decker Williams as The Boy

Dione Taylor as Young Woman

Franc-Anton Harwart as Head Waiter

Gaston Poon as Owner

Jenna Harris as Mother

Jeremy Salzman as Father

Kang Ho as Owner's Mother