Castles in the Sky

Story

Synopsis

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

Writers

Pearl Gluck, Luzer Twersky, Malky Goldman

Language

Yiddish

Country

United States of America

Release date

18 January 2023

Ensemble

Cast

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  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

• Sarah Chany Rosenberg

  Wigmaker

• M Miller

  Women's Ethics Sermon

• Melissa Weisz

  Shayndi

• Audrey Lang

  Bride Class