In JINGLE BELL ROCKS!, director Mitchell Kezin delves into the minds of the world’s most legendary Christmas music fanatics – including Joseph “Rev Run” Simmons of RUN-D.M.C., The Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne, filmmaker John Waters, bebopper Bob Dorough, L.A. DJ and musicologist Dr. Demento, and Calypso legend The Mighty Sparrow. Equal parts social history, pop culture pilgrimage, and revealing character study, JINGLE BELL ROCKS confronts the Christmas music mainstream, reinventing the seasonal soundtrack for the 21st century. With rollicking live performances, intimate interviews, and a kaleidoscope of touching and rare archive footage, JINGLE BELL ROCKS! is a cinematic sleigh-ride into the strange and sublime universe of alternative Christmas music. It’s also a mix-tape of twelve of the weirdest, wildest, most poignant Christmas songs you’ve never heard.
