Castles in the Sky (2023)
33m
Running Time
January 18, 2023Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Shoshana Berger
Chicken Koshering Class
Lynn Cohen
Malke
Chana Horowitz
Chicken Koshering Class / Makeup & Hair
Pesach Eisen
Yiddish Joker 2
Esther Mandel
Chicken Koshering Class
Malky Goldman
Blimi
Shani Mendelevitch
Chicken Koshering Class
Esther Hoffman
Poet - self
Emily Seiff
Chicken Koshering Class
Pearl Gluck
Director
Daniel Finkelman
Producer
Bee Weisberger
Chicken Koshering Class
Adam Margules
Producer
Nico Weisberger
Chicken Koshering Class
Leland Krane
Cinematographer
Sarah Chany Rosenberg
Wigmaker
M Miller
Women's Ethics Sermon
Deborah Kahan Kolb
Mother of the Bride
Melissa Weisz
Shayndi
Audrey Lang
Bride Class
Arielle Beth Klein
Bride Class
Breiny Scheinert
Bride Class
Brooke Sabel
Underwater Ritual Bathers
Dawn Chase
Underwater Ritual Bathers
Matthew Kohn
Slam Poet 1
Rebecca Kush
Slam Poet 2
Julia Spicher Kasdorf
Slam Poet 3 / Poem
Rivky Weinberger
Groom's Mother
Lili Rosen
Yiddish Jokers
Yossi Weinberger
Yiddish Jokers
Venus Thrash
Slam Poetry Host / Poem / In Memory Of
Everton Sylvester
Slam Poet 4 / Poem
Ron Cohen
Abe, Bar Owner
Luzer Twersky
Yankel (Jacob) Cohen / Writer
Shaindy Weichman
30-Year-Old Woman
Renita Thomas-Franklin
The Rob & ReRe Show
Robert Richards
The Rob & ReRe Show
Yermiyahu Ahron Taub
Callers / Writer / Translator / Poem
Jonathan Berman
Callers
Lulu Guerrero
Callers
Kevin Hagopian
Callers
Cynthia Mazzant
Callers
Walter Middlebrook
Callers
Jack Shmulowitz
Callers
Jacinta Bowen
Slam Poetry Extras / Production Assistant
David Ogrodowski
Slam Poetry Extras
Dominika Brice
Slam Poetry Extras / Production Assistant
Chaya Amor
Slam Poetry Extras / Art Direction
Isabella Kalish
Slam Poetry Extras / Production Assistant
Celia A Nightingale
Slam Poetry Extras / Production Assistant
Orion Rodriguez
Slam Poetry Extras / Additional Camera / Swing
Morgan Seiff
Bride Class / Slam Poetry Extras / Production Coordinator
Eli Tapuchi
Slam Poetry Extras
Tom Hambleton
Sound Designer / Supervising Sound Editor
Frank London
Original Music Composer
Dustin Moser
Bartender / Set Designer
Sawyer Purman
Script Supervisor
Edan Sasson
Colorist
Kristan Sprague
Additional Editing
Alvin Adadevoh
Gaffer
David Steck
Producer
Joshua Williams
First Assistant Director
Micah Levin
Graphic Designer
Adam Gonzalez
First Assistant Camera
Krystle Feher
Makeup & Hair
Elias Morales
Key Grip
Emily Laird
Props
Ben Anderson
Sound Mixer
Adrian Wong
Swing
WU Hsuan-wei
Post Production Assistant
Steven Tong
First Assistant Camera
Malke Feldman
In Memory Of
Paul Mendoza
Poem
Matt Kohn
Poem
Jon Litt
Line Producer
Thaddeus "Self" Williams
First Assistant Director
Quentin Smith
Second Assistant Director
David Steck
Executive Producer
Michael "Moose" Belardi
Second Assistant Camera
Jon Levi
Additional Camera
Ian Herman
Gaffer
Rafael M. Adalfio
Swing
Marie Cruz
Makeup & Hair
Abby Tarpey
Post Production Assistant
Bronson Christian
Production Assistant
Will Jellicorse
Production Assistant
Jessica Snyder
Graphic Designer
Charlie Lewin
Graphic Designer