Daniel Finkelman

Movies

Castles in the Sky
Executive Producer
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.
Castles in the Sky
Producer
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.
The Vigil
Executive Producer
A man providing overnight watch to a deceased member of his former Orthodox Jewish community finds himself opposite a malevolent entity.
Menashe
Producer
Within Brooklyn’s ultra-orthodox Jewish community, a widower battles for custody of his son.
Holocaust Survivor Band
Producer
Profiles two elderly Holocaust survivors in Florida who recently formed their own Klezmer band. Reuwen "Ruby" Sosnowicz born in Warsaw Poland is a Holocaust Survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto. Saul Dreier born in Krakov Poland, is a Holocaust Survivor who worked in one of Schindler's factory. Together they formed the HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR BAND in 2014. Chane Rose Sosnowicz, the daughter of Ruby, sings with the HSB. Other guest stars and musicians occasionally also adds to the line-up.