Castles in the Sky

Castles in the Sky

33 mins | Drama | Jan. 18, 2023

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.

Castles in the Sky

33 mins | Drama | Jan. 18, 2023

Castles in the Sky
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.
Producers Palinka Pictures, Sparks Next, Numeric Pictures
Original title שלעסער אינעם הימל
Directors Quentin Smith, Thaddeus "Self" Williams, Joshua Williams, Pearl Gluck, Sawyer Purman
Writers Yermiyahu Ahron Taub, Malky Goldman, Pearl Gluck, Luzer Twersky

Cast

Lynn Cohen

as Malkeh

Shoshana Berger

as Chicken Koshering Class

Chana Horowitz

as Chicken Koshering Class

Esther Mandel

as Chicken Koshering Class

Shani Mendelevitch

as Chicken Koshering Class

Emily Seiff

as Chicken Koshering Class

Bee Weisberger

as Chicken Koshering Class

Nico Weisberger

as Chicken Koshering Class

Sarah Chany Rosenberg

as Wigmaker

M Miller

as Women's Ethics Sermon

Melissa Weisz

as Shayndi

Audrey Lang

as Bride Class

Arielle Beth Klein

as Bride Class

Breiny Scheinert

as Bride Class

Morgan Seiff

as Bride Class / Slam Poetry Extras

Brooke Sabel

as Underwater Ritual Bathers

Dawn Chase

as Underwater Ritual Bathers

Malky Goldman

as Underwater Ritual Bathers / Blimi

Matthew Kohn

as Slam Poet 1

Rebecca Kush

as Slam Poet 2

Julia Spicher Kasdorf

as Slam Poet 3

Rivky Weinberger

as Groom's Mother

Deborah Kahan Kolb

as Bride's Mother

Lili Rosen

as Yiddish Jokers

Pesach Eisen

as Yiddish Jokers

Yossi Weinberger

as Yiddish Jokers

Venus Thrash

as Slam Poetry Host

Everton Sylvester

as Slam Poet 4

Ron Cohen

as Abe, Bar Owner

Adam Margules

as Journalist

Luzer Twersky

as Yankel (Jacob) Cohen

Shaindy Weichman

as 30-Year-Old Woman

Esther Hoffman

as Slam Poet 5

Renita Thomas-Franklin

as The Rob & ReRe Show

Robert Richards

as The Rob & ReRe Show

Jonathan Berman

as Callers

Lulu Guerrero

as Callers

Kevin Hagopian

as Callers

Cynthia Mazzant

as Callers

Walter Middlebrook

as Callers

Jack Shmulowitz

as Callers

Jacinta Bowen

as Slam Poetry Extras

David Ogrodowski

as Slam Poetry Extras

Dominika Brice

as Slam Poetry Extras

Chaya Amor

as Slam Poetry Extras

Isabella Kalish

as Slam Poetry Extras

Celia A Nightingale

as Slam Poetry Extras

Orion Rodriguez

as Slam Poetry Extras

Eli Tapuchi

as Slam Poetry Extras

Dustin Moser

as Bartender