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Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas

2017-11-05
8
en 52m
DocumentaryMusic
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.

Director of Photography

Kiarash Sadigh

Producer

Jason Charters

Producer

Liam Romalis

Writer

Jason Charters

Executive Producer

Marie-Odile Demay

Editor

David New

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Status

Released

Countries

  • Canada

Companies

  • Riddle Films Inc.

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