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.
Director: Pearl Gluck
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Lynn Cohen as Malkeh |
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Shoshana Berger as Chicken Koshering Class |
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Chana Horowitz as Chicken Koshering Class |
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Esther Mandel as Chicken Koshering Class |
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Shani Mendelevitch as Chicken Koshering Class |
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Emily Seiff as Chicken Koshering Class |
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Bee Weisberger as Chicken Koshering Class |
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Nico Weisberger as Chicken Koshering Class |
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Sarah Chany Rosenberg as Wigmaker |
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M Miller as Women's Ethics Sermon |
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Melissa Weisz as Shayndi |
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Audrey Lang as Bride Class |
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Arielle Beth Klein as Bride Class |
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Breiny Scheinert as Bride Class |
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Morgan Seiff as Bride Class |
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Brooke Sabel as Underwater Ritual Bathers |
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Dawn Chase as Underwater Ritual Bathers |
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Malky Goldman as Underwater Ritual Bathers |
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Matthew Kohn as Slam Poet 1 |
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Rebecca Kush as Slam Poet 2 |
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Malky Goldman as Blimi |
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Julia Spicher Kasdorf as Slam Poet 3 |
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Rivky Weinberger as Groom's Mother |
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Deborah Kahan Kolb as Bride's Mother |
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Lili Rosen as Yiddish Jokers |
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Pesach Eisen as Yiddish Jokers |
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Yossi Weinberger as Yiddish Jokers |
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Venus Thrash as Slam Poetry Host |
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Everton Sylvester as Slam Poet 4 |
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Ron Cohen as Abe, Bar Owner |
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Adam Margules as Journalist |
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Luzer Twersky as Yankel (Jacob) Cohen |
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Shaindy Weichman as 30-Year-Old Woman |
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Esther Hoffman as Slam Poet 5 |
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Renita Thomas-Franklin as The Rob & ReRe Show |
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Robert Richards as The Rob & ReRe Show |
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Yermiyahu Ahron Taub as Callers |
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Jonathan Berman as Callers |
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Lulu Guerrero as Callers |
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Kevin Hagopian as Callers |
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Cynthia Mazzant as Callers |
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Walter Middlebrook as Callers |
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Jack Shmulowitz as Callers |
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Jacinta Bowen as Slam Poetry Extras |
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David Ogrodowski as Slam Poetry Extras |
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Dominika Brice as Slam Poetry Extras |
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Chaya Amor as Slam Poetry Extras |
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Isabella Kalish as Slam Poetry Extras |
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Celia A Nightingale as Slam Poetry Extras |
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Orion Rodriguez as Slam Poetry Extras |
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Morgan Seiff as Slam Poetry Extras |
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Eli Tapuchi as Slam Poetry Extras |
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Dustin Moser as Bartender |
| Directing | Pearl Gluck | Director |
| Writing | Pearl Gluck | Writer |
| Crew | Venus Thrash | In Memory Of |
| Crew | Lynn Cohen | In Memory Of |
| Crew | Malke Feldman | In Memory Of |
| Sound | Frank London | Original Music Composer |
| Crew | Leland Krane | Cinematography |
| Art | Chaya Amor | Art Direction |
| Editing | Kristan Sprague | Additional Editing |
| Production | Daniel Finkelman | Producer |
| Production | David Steck | Producer |
| Crew | Venus Thrash | Poem |
| Crew | Esther Hoffman | Poem |
| Crew | Yermiyahu Ahron Taub | Poem |
| Crew | Paul Mendoza | Poem |
| Crew | Matt Kohn | Poem |
| Crew | Julia Spicher Kasdorf | Poem |
| Crew | Everton Sylvester | Poem |
| Production | Jon Litt | Line Producer |
| Production | Morgan Seiff | Production Coordinator |
| Directing | Joshua Williams | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Thaddeus 'Self' Williams | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Quentin Smith | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Daniel Finkelman | Executive Producer |
| Production | David Steck | Executive Producer |
| Production | Adam Margules | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Malky Goldman | Writer |
| Writing | Yermiyahu Ahron Taub | Writer |
| Writing | Luzer Twersky | Writer |
| Camera | Leland Krane | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Adam Gonzalez | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Steven Tong | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Michael "Moose" Belardi | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Jon Levi | Additional Camera |
| Camera | Orion Rodriguez | Additional Camera |
| Directing | Sawyer Purman | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Ben Anderson | Sound Mixer |
| Lighting | Alvin Adadevoh | Gaffer |
| Lighting | Ian Herman | Gaffer |
| Camera | Elias Morales | Key Grip |
| Art | Rafael M. Adalfio | Swing |
| Art | Orion Rodriguez | Swing |
| Art | Adrian Wong | Swing |
| Art | Emily Laird | Props |
| Art | Dustin Moser | Set Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Krystle Feher | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Chana Horowitz | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marie Cruz | Makeup & Hair |
| Crew | Yermiyahu Ahron Taub | Translator |
| Editing | Edan Sasson | Colorist |
| Crew | Abby Tarpey | Post Production Assistant |
| Crew | WU Hsuan-wei | Post Production Assistant |
| Production | Jacinta Bowen | Production Assistant |
| Production | Dominika Brice | Production Assistant |
| Production | Bronson Christian | Production Assistant |
| Production | Will Jellicorse | Production Assistant |
| Production | Isabella Kalish | Production Assistant |
| Production | Celia A Nightingale | Production Assistant |
| Art | Jessica Snyder | Graphic Designer |
| Art | Micah Levin | Graphic Designer |
| Art | Charlie Lewin | Graphic Designer |
| Crew | Karen Shatz | Legal Services |
| Sound | Tom Hambleton | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Tom Hambleton | Supervising Sound Editor |
