Castles in the Sky
0 %|Jan 18, 2023|Drama
Filmmaker and professor Pearl Gluck’s provocative latest dramatic short film centers on Malke, a Holocaust survivor and sex-ed teacher who has been leading a secret life for decades: performing slam poetry on the Lower East Side. Castles in the Sky features commanding performances from actor Lynn Cohen, who died in 2020, and poet Venus Thrash, who died in 2021.
Featured Crew
Pearl Gluck
Director
Pearl Gluck
Writer
Venus Thrash
In Memory Of
Lynn Cohen
In Memory Of
Malke Feldman
In Memory Of
Frank London
Original Music Composer
Leland Krane
Cinematography
Chaya Amor
Art Direction
Cast
Lynn Cohen
Malkeh
Shoshana Berger
Chicken Koshering Class
Chana Horowitz
Chicken Koshering Class
Esther Mandel
Chicken Koshering Class
Shani Mendelevitch
Chicken Koshering Class
Emily Seiff
Chicken Koshering Class
Bee Weisberger
Chicken Koshering Class
Nico Weisberger
Chicken Koshering Class
Sarah Chany Rosenberg
Wigmaker
M Miller
Women's Ethics Sermon
Melissa Weisz
Shayndi
Audrey Lang
Bride Class
Arielle Beth Klein
Bride Class
Breiny Scheinert
Bride Class
Morgan Seiff
Bride Class
Brooke Sabel
Underwater Ritual Bathers
Dawn Chase
Underwater Ritual Bathers
Malky Goldman
Underwater Ritual Bathers
Matthew Kohn
Slam Poet 1
Rebecca Kush
Slam Poet 2
Malky Goldman
Blimi
Julia Spicher Kasdorf
Slam Poet 3
Rivky Weinberger
Groom's Mother
Deborah Kahan Kolb
Bride's Mother
Lili Rosen
Yiddish Jokers
Pesach Eisen
Yiddish Jokers
Yossi Weinberger
Yiddish Jokers
Venus Thrash
Slam Poetry Host
Everton Sylvester
Slam Poet 4
Ron Cohen
Abe, Bar Owner
Adam Margules
Journalist
Luzer Twersky
Yankel (Jacob) Cohen
Shaindy Weichman
30-Year-Old Woman
Esther Hoffman
Slam Poet 5
Renita Thomas-Franklin
The Rob & ReRe Show
Robert Richards
The Rob & ReRe Show
Yermiyahu Ahron Taub
Callers
Jonathan Berman
Callers
Lulu Guerrero
Callers
Kevin Hagopian
Callers
Cynthia Mazzant
Callers
Walter Middlebrook
Callers
Jack Shmulowitz
Callers
Jacinta Bowen
Slam Poetry Extras
David Ogrodowski
Slam Poetry Extras
Dominika Brice
Slam Poetry Extras
Chaya Amor
Slam Poetry Extras
Isabella Kalish
Slam Poetry Extras
Celia A Nightingale
Slam Poetry Extras
Orion Rodriguez
Slam Poetry Extras
Morgan Seiff
Slam Poetry Extras
Eli Tapuchi
Slam Poetry Extras
Dustin Moser
Bartender