SET ENTIRELY IN A CHINESE RESTAURANT, DREAMING OF A JEWISH CHRISTMAS is an offbeat, irreverent musical documentary that tells the story of a group of Jewish songwriters, including Irving Berlin, Mel Torme, 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 in it.
DOORS open at 12:30pm ~ ADMISSION by donation.
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45th Ave IS CLOSED TO TRAFFIC
TO REACH THE UNDERGROUND PARKING
Access the back lane via West 49th Ave, approaching from the east (Cambie).
Film Info
Year | 2017 |
Country | Canada |
Director | Larry Weinstein |
Cast | Tom Wilson, Steven Page, Dione Taylor, David Wall, Aviva Chernick, Kevin Breit and The Lemon Bucket Orkestra |
Runtime | 51 min |
Language | English |
Genre | documentary, music |