United States / Jan 18, 2023 / NR / New York Jewish Film Festival
Castles in the Sky (2023)
Directed by Pearl Gluck
33minruntime
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Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Nico Weisberger | Chicken Koshering Class |
| Sarah Chany Rosenberg | Wigmaker |
| M Miller | Women's Ethics Sermon |
| Melissa Weisz | Shayndi |
| 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 |
| Malky Goldman | Blimi |
| Julia Spicher Kasdorf | Slam Poet 3 |
| Rivky Weinberger | Groom's Mother |
| Deborah Kahan Kolb | Bride's Mother |
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| 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 |
| Yermiyahu Ahron Taub | Callers |
| Jonathan Berman | Callers |
| Lulu Guerrero | Callers |
| Kevin Hagopian | Callers |
| Cynthia Mazzant | Callers |
| Walter Middlebrook | Callers |
| Jack Shmulowitz | Callers |
| 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 |
Genres
Drama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | שלעסער אינעם הימל |
| Original language | YI |
| Spoken languages | English |
| Production countries | United States of America |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Palinka Pictures, Sparks Next, Numeric Pictures |
| Release date | 18 gennaio 2023 |
| Executive producer | Daniel Finkelman, David Steck, Adam Margules |
| Production | Daniel Finkelman, David Steck, Jon Litt |
| Writer | Pearl Gluck, Malky Goldman, Yermiyahu Ahron Taub, Luzer Twersky |
| Editing | Kristan Sprague, Edan Sasson |
| Cinematography | Leland Krane, Adam Gonzalez, Steven Tong, Michael "Moose" Belardi, Jon Levi, Orion Rodriguez, Elias Morales |
| Assistant directors | Joshua Williams, Thaddeus 'Self' Williams, Quentin Smith, Pearl Gluck, Sawyer Purman |
| Lighting | Alvin Adadevoh, Ian Herman |
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| Camera operators | Leland Krane, Adam Gonzalez, Steven Tong, Michael "Moose" Belardi, Jon Levi, Orion Rodriguez, Elias Morales |
| Additional photography | Jon Levi, Orion Rodriguez, Leland Krane, Adam Gonzalez, Steven Tong, Michael "Moose" Belardi, Elias Morales |
| Production design | Chaya Amor, Rafael M. Adalfio, Orion Rodriguez, Adrian Wong, Emily Laird, Dustin Moser, Jessica Snyder, Micah Levin, Charlie Lewin |
| Art direction | Chaya Amor, Rafael M. Adalfio, Orion Rodriguez, Adrian Wong, Emily Laird, Dustin Moser, Jessica Snyder, Micah Levin, Charlie Lewin |
| Set decoration | Chaya Amor, Rafael M. Adalfio, Orion Rodriguez, Adrian Wong, Emily Laird, Dustin Moser, Jessica Snyder, Micah Levin, Charlie Lewin |
| Music | Frank London, Ben Anderson, Tom Hambleton |
| Sound | Frank London, Ben Anderson, Tom Hambleton |
| Costume design | Krystle Feher, Chana Horowitz, Marie Cruz |
| Makeup | Krystle Feher, Chana Horowitz, Marie Cruz |
| Hairstyling | Krystle Feher, Chana Horowitz, Marie Cruz |
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