Castles in the Sky

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2023 · 33 min · NR · Drama

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

Cast

• Lynn Cohen — Malkeh
• Shoshana Berger — Chicken Koshering Class
• Chana Horowitz — Chicken Koshering Class
• Esther Mandel — Chicken Koshering Class
• Shani Mendelevitch — Chicken Koshering Class