Ashes Never Rest (2025)
The Dead Don't Sleep, When The Pain Still Breathes.
53 min
In a community haunted by domestic strife and inter-community violence, a young Black man finds himself stalked by a sinister Apparition—an embodiment of generational trauma and suppressed identity. Battling to preserve his true sense of self against the crushing weight of societal expectations, he’s drawn into a spiraling psychological struggle where reality and nightmare blur. The film confronts the mental health toll of normalized violence and forces a reckoning with the unseen scars passed from one generation to the next.
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $1
Trailer
Cast
- Sunday Sabbath as Nana (Ms. Rose)
- Victoria Pousada Kreindler as Nurse Vicki
- Frankie Midnight as Khalid
- Le'Roy Kester as Blue's Entourage
- Le'Roy Kester as Ghoulish Homeless
- Carina Morris as Marie
- Andrew Rodriguez Jr. as Blues Entourage
- Marie Alcineus as Ghoulish Homeless
- Marie Alcineus as Grocery Shopper
- Tiffany Juarez as Leila
- Maher Aghnim as Ghoulish Homeless
- Maher Aghnim as Grocery Shopper
- Terrell Joseph as Derrell
Crew
- Dashawn DeBose · Director
- Dashawn DeBose · Writer
- Tamara Myles · Composer
- Nicholas Spratlin · Cinematographer
- Eric St. Martin · Editor
- Victoria Pousada Kreindler · Casting director