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Documentary Feature
2014
Jingle Bell Rocks!
Best Documentary Feature

From The Flaming Lips to The Free Design, JINGLE BELL ROCKS! is a trippy, cinematic sleigh-ride through the subculture of alternative Christmas music.

Featuring hardcore collectors, legendary DJs & musicologists, record producers and Xmas obsessives like cult film auteur John Waters, director Mitchell Kezin's intimate & quixotic search for the SOUL of Christmas music, tells the stories behind twelve of the most profound Christmas songs ever recorded...Many of whom you've likely never heard, until now!

We'll hear irreverent insights from Irwin Chusid, Wayne Coyne, Joseph (Rev Run) Simmons, bebop legend Bob Dorough, Clarence Carter, Doctor Demento and many more.

Equal parts social history, pop culture pilgrimage and revealing character study, JINGLE BELL ROCKS! confronts the Christmas music mainstream, re-inventing the seasonal soundtrack for the 21st century.

Credits

Director: 
Mitchell Kezin
Screenwriter: 
Mitchell Kezin
Producer: 
Bob Moore, Mila Aung-Thwin
Executive Producer: 
Daniel Cross, Jeff Kline
Cinematographer: 
Kirk Tougas, Mark Ellam, Van Royko
Country: 
Canada
Runtime: 
93 minutes
Film Collection: 
BRILLIANCE

Schedule

Maiden Alley Cinema
Friday, November 7, 2014 - 7:00pm
National Quilt Museum Classroom
Saturday, November 8, 2014 - 11:00am
Market House Theatre
Saturday, November 8, 2014 - 5:00pm