The Jews Who Wrote Christmas

Set entirely in a Chinese restaurant, THE JEWS WHO WROTE CHRISTMAS is 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 in it.

 

Production information

The Jews Who Wrote Christmas
Directed by: Larry Weinstein
Featuring: Tom Wilson, Steven Page, Dione Taylor, David Wall, Aviva Chernick, Kevin Breit and The Lemon Bucket Orkestra
Format: 4K
Year: 2017
Produced by: Riddle Films