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.

Lynn Cohen
Malkeh / In Memory Of

Shoshana Berger
Chicken Koshering Class

Chana Horowitz
Chicken Koshering Class / Makeup & Hair

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

Brooke Sabel
Underwater Ritual Bathers

Dawn Chase
Underwater Ritual Bathers

Matthew Kohn
Slam Poet 1

Rebecca Kush
Slam Poet 2

Malky Goldman
Underwater Ritual Bathers / Blimi / Writer

Julia Spicher Kasdorf
Slam Poet 3 / Poem

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 / In Memory Of / Poem

Everton Sylvester
Slam Poet 4 / Poem

Ron Cohen
Abe, Bar Owner

Adam Margules
Journalist / Executive Producer

Luzer Twersky
Yankel (Jacob) Cohen / Writer

Shaindy Weichman
30-Year-Old Woman

Esther Hoffman
Slam Poet 5 / Poem

Renita Thomas-Franklin
The Rob & ReRe Show

Robert Richards
The Rob & ReRe Show

Yermiyahu Ahron Taub
Callers / Writer / Poem / Translator

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 / Swing / Additional Camera

Morgan Seiff
Bride Class / Slam Poetry Extras / Production Coordinator

Pearl Gluck
Director / Writer

Eli Tapuchi
Slam Poetry Extras

Kristan Sprague
Additional Editing

Dustin Moser
Bartender / Set Designer

David Steck
Producer

Jon Litt
Line Producer

Leland Krane
Director of Photography / Cinematography

Adam Gonzalez
First Assistant Camera

Thaddeus 'Self' Williams
First Assistant Director

Matt Kohn
Poem

Daniel Finkelman
Executive Producer / Producer

Alvin Adadevoh
Gaffer

Sawyer Purman
Script Supervisor

Malke Feldman
In Memory Of

Quentin Smith
Second Assistant Director

Jon Levi
Additional Camera

Emily Laird
Props

Joshua Williams
First Assistant Director

David Steck
Executive Producer

Frank London
Original Music Composer

Paul Mendoza
Poem

Michael "Moose" Belardi
Second Assistant Camera

Elias Morales
Key Grip

Marie Cruz
Makeup & Hair

Steven Tong
First Assistant Camera

Ben Anderson
Sound Mixer

Ian Herman
Gaffer

Adrian Wong
Swing

Bronson Christian
Production Assistant

Edan Sasson
Colorist

Rafael M. Adalfio
Swing

Krystle Feher
Makeup & Hair

Abby Tarpey
Post Production Assistant

WU Hsuan-wei
Post Production Assistant

Jessica Snyder
Graphic Designer

Will Jellicorse
Production Assistant

Charlie Lewin
Graphic Designer

Micah Levin
Graphic Designer

Karen Shatz
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Details.
Release DateJanuary 18, 2023
Original Nameשלעסער אינעם הימל
StatusReleased
Running Time33m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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