Castles in the Sky
2023Filmmaker 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.
Acted in
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
Brooke Sabel
as Underwater Ritual Bathers
Dawn Chase
as Underwater Ritual Bathers
Malky Goldman
as Underwater Ritual Bathers
Matthew Kohn
as Slam Poet 1
Rebecca Kush
as Slam Poet 2
Malky Goldman
as Blimi
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
Yermiyahu Ahron Taub
as Callers
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
Morgan Seiff
as Slam Poetry Extras
Eli Tapuchi
as Slam Poetry Extras
Dustin Moser
as Bartender