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Castles in the Sky 2023 Directed by Pearl Gluck שלעסער אינעם הימל

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.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language Yiddish
Spoken Languages English , Yiddish
Gnere Drama
Production Companies Numeric Pictures , Palinka Pictures , Sparks Next
Release Date 18 January 2023
33 mins
Cast
Lynn Cohen Malkeh
Shoshana Berger Chicken Koshering Class
Chana Horowitz Chicken Koshering Class
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
M Miller Women's Ethics Sermon
Audrey Lang Bride Class
Arielle Beth Klein Bride Class
Breiny Scheinert Bride Class
Morgan Seiff Bride Class
Brooke Sabel Underwater Ritual Bathers
Dawn Chase Underwater Ritual Bathers
Malky Goldman Underwater Ritual Bathers
Matthew Kohn Slam Poet 1
Rebecca Kush Slam Poet 2
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
Everton Sylvester Slam Poet 4
Ron Cohen Abe, Bar Owner
Adam Margules Journalist
Luzer Twersky Yankel (Jacob) Cohen
Shaindy Weichman 30-Year-Old Woman
Esther Hoffman Slam Poet 5
Renita Thomas-Franklin The Rob & ReRe Show
Robert Richards The Rob & ReRe Show
Jacinta Bowen Slam Poetry Extras
David Ogrodowski Slam Poetry Extras
Dominika Brice Slam Poetry Extras
Chaya Amor Slam Poetry Extras
Isabella Kalish Slam Poetry Extras
Celia A Nightingale Slam Poetry Extras
Orion Rodriguez Slam Poetry Extras
Morgan Seiff Slam Poetry Extras
Eli Tapuchi Slam Poetry Extras
Dustin Moser Bartender