Hanukkah - the real story describes the Jew's guerrilla war for national liberation and religious freedom. The Maccabees set up a free society in hiding and lead their people in a successful rebellion. At the rededication of the Jewish temple the burning oil miraculously lasts 8 days.

Paul Harris retells his family's revolutionary, multicultural, gender inclusive Hanukkah story passed down for generations with 8 vivid drawings reimagined by his grandson, 19 year old Vashaun Harris.