Castles in the Sky (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.

Cast (53)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Lynn Cohen

Malkeh

S

Shoshana Berger

Chicken Koshering Class

C

Chana Horowitz

Chicken Koshering Class

E

Esther Mandel

Chicken Koshering Class

S

Shani Mendelevitch

Chicken Koshering Class

E

Emily Seiff

Chicken Koshering Class

B

Bee Weisberger

Chicken Koshering Class

N

Nico Weisberger

Chicken Koshering Class

S

Sarah Chany Rosenberg

Wigmaker

M

M Miller

Women's Ethics Sermon

M

Melissa Weisz

Shayndi

A

Audrey Lang

Bride Class

Arielle Beth Klein

Bride Class

B

Breiny Scheinert

Bride Class

M

Morgan Seiff

Bride Class

B

Brooke Sabel

Underwater Ritual Bathers

D

Dawn Chase

Underwater Ritual Bathers

Malky Goldman

Underwater Ritual Bathers

M

Matthew Kohn

Slam Poet 1

R

Rebecca Kush

Slam Poet 2

Malky Goldman

Blimi

J

Julia Spicher Kasdorf

Slam Poet 3

R

Rivky Weinberger

Groom's Mother

D

Deborah Kahan Kolb

Bride's Mother

L

Lili Rosen

Yiddish Jokers

P

Pesach Eisen

Yiddish Jokers

Y

Yossi Weinberger

Yiddish Jokers

V

Venus Thrash

Slam Poetry Host

E

Everton Sylvester

Slam Poet 4

R

Ron Cohen

Abe, Bar Owner

A

Adam Margules

Journalist

Luzer Twersky

Yankel (Jacob) Cohen

S

Shaindy Weichman

30-Year-Old Woman

E

Esther Hoffman

Slam Poet 5

R

Renita Thomas-Franklin

The Rob & ReRe Show

R

Robert Richards

The Rob & ReRe Show

Y

Yermiyahu Ahron Taub

Callers

J

Jonathan Berman

Callers

L

Lulu Guerrero

Callers

K

Kevin Hagopian

Callers

C

Cynthia Mazzant

Callers

W

Walter Middlebrook

Callers

J

Jack Shmulowitz

Callers

J

Jacinta Bowen

Slam Poetry Extras

David Ogrodowski

Slam Poetry Extras

D

Dominika Brice

Slam Poetry Extras

C

Chaya Amor

Slam Poetry Extras

I

Isabella Kalish

Slam Poetry Extras

C

Celia A Nightingale

Slam Poetry Extras

O

Orion Rodriguez

Slam Poetry Extras

M

Morgan Seiff

Slam Poetry Extras

E

Eli Tapuchi

Slam Poetry Extras

D

Dustin Moser

Bartender

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