Cinetrā
Cinetrā
Cinetrā
שלעסער אינעם הימל (original title)
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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.
Cast: Lynn Cohen, Shoshana Berger, Chana Horowitz, Esther Mandel, Shani Mendelevitch, Emily Seiff, Bee Weisberger, Nico Weisberger, Sarah Chany Rosenberg, M Miller, Melissa Weisz, Audrey Lang, Arielle Beth Klein, Breiny Scheinert, Morgan Seiff, Brooke Sabel, Dawn Chase, Malky Goldman, Matthew Kohn, Rebecca Kush
Writers: Pearl Gluck (Writer), Malky Goldman (Writer), Yermiyahu Ahron Taub (Writer), Luzer Twersky (Writer)
Cinematographer: Leland Krane, Leland Krane
Production Designer: Chaya Amor
Sound Designer: Ben Anderson, Tom Hambleton
Composer: Frank London
Direction team: Thaddeus 'Self' Williams (First Assistant Director), Sawyer Purman (Script Supervisor), Quentin Smith (Second Assistant Director), Joshua Williams (First Assistant Director)
Producers: David Steck, Jon Litt, Daniel Finkelman
Production: Palinka Pictures, Sparks Next, Numeric Pictures