Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas (2017)

52m
Running Time

November 5, 2017
Release Date

Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas (2017)

52m
Running Time

November 5, 2017
Release Date

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Plot.

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.

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Cast & Crew.

Larry Weinstein

Larry Weinstein

Narrator

Kang Ho

Kang Ho

Owner's Mother

Ben Sidran

Ben Sidran

Self

Steven Page

Steven Page

Take-Out Man

Gaston Poon

Gaston Poon

Owner

Jennifer 8. Lee

Jennifer 8. Lee

Self

Decker Williams

Decker Williams

The Boy

Ophira Eisenberg

Ophira Eisenberg

Self

Jeremy Salzman

Jeremy Salzman

Father

Rob Bowman

Rob Bowman

Self

Jenna Harris

Jenna Harris

Mother

Mark Breslin

Mark Breslin

Self

Franc-Anton Harwart

Franc-Anton Harwart

Head Waiter

Jackie Mason

Jackie Mason

Self

Dione Taylor

Dione Taylor

Young Woman

Aviva Chernick

Aviva Chernick

Female Singer

Robert Harris

Robert Harris

Self

Justin Gray

Justin Gray

Guitar Player

Sash Striga

Sash Striga

Young Woman

Jason Charters

Jason Charters

Writer

Liam Romalis

Liam Romalis

Producer

Kiarash Sadigh

Kiarash Sadigh

Cinematographer

Marie-Odile Demay

Marie-Odile Demay

Executive Producer

David New

David New

Editor

Details.

Release Date
November 5, 2017

Status
Released

Running Time
52m

Genres

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This Movie Is About.

christmas
songwriter
jewish culture
assimilation
christmas songs
jewish
music
famous song

Wiki.

Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Larry Weinstein and released in 2017. The film profiles a number of musicians, including Irving Berlin, Mel Tormé, Jay Livingston, Ray Evans, Gloria Shayne Baker and Johnny Marks, who made a mark on contemporary culture by writing many of the most beloved Christmas music standards even though they were Jewish rather than Christian; it focuses, in particular, on the way these songwriters helped to create the 20th-century shift from traditional liturgical Christmas music toward contemporary pop songs that address Christmas through universal themes of love, joy, peace, family and the sensual pleasures of winter rather than explicitly religious imagery. The young Larry is portrayed by Decker Williams in this documentary and it takes place in a Chinese restaurant where he and his family enters on about December 25, 1961.

The film incorporates interview segments with figures such as musician Ben Sidran, comedians Jackie Mason and Mark Breslin and music writers Rob Bowman, Ophira Eisenberg and Robert Harris, interspersed with musical performances of some of the songs being discussed. Performing musicians include Steven Page, Tom Wilson, The Lemon Bucket Orkestra, David Wall, Dione Taylor, Kevin Breit and Aviva Chernick.The film premiered on CBC Television in December 2017, and received further broadcasts on the Documentary Channel. In the United States, the film has aired on some PBS stations and has received selected theatrical screenings at Jewish film festivals.Weinstein won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Direction in a Documentary Program at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards. The film was also nominated for Best Biography or Arts Documentary Program or Series, Best Sound in a Non-Fiction Program or Series (Gary Vaughan and Richard Spence-Thomas) and Best Writing in a Documentary Program (Jason Charters). At the 46th International Emmy Awards, the film was a shortlisted nominee for Best Arts Programming.

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