Castles in the Sky

Overview

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.

Directed by Pearl Gluck

Top cast

Lynn Cohen

Malkeh

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Shoshana Berger

Chicken Koshering Class

C

Chana Horowitz

Chicken Koshering Class

E

Esther Mandel

Chicken Koshering Class

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Shani Mendelevitch

Chicken Koshering Class

E

Emily Seiff

Chicken Koshering Class

B

Bee Weisberger

Chicken Koshering Class

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Nico Weisberger

Chicken Koshering Class

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Sarah Chany Rosenberg

Wigmaker

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M Miller

Women's Ethics Sermon

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Melissa Weisz

Shayndi

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Audrey Lang

Bride Class

Arielle Beth Klein

Bride Class

B

Breiny Scheinert

Bride Class

M

Morgan Seiff

Bride Class

B

Brooke Sabel

Underwater Ritual Bathers

D

Dawn Chase

Underwater Ritual Bathers

Malky Goldman

Underwater Ritual Bathers

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Matthew Kohn

Slam Poet 1

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Rebecca Kush

Slam Poet 2

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