Ashes Never Rest
The Dead Don't Sleep, When The Pain Still Breathes.
Directed by Dashawn DeBose
Plot
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.
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Cast
Frankie Midnight
Khalid
Kaison McKnight
Young Khalid
Tiffany Hayes
Leila
Jeff Martin Jr
Apparition
Carina Morris
Marie
Sunday Sabbath
Nana 'Ms. Rose'
Ja'coby Clifton
Blue
Ny'el Simmons
DJ
Terrell Joseph
Derrell
Michael Crosbie
Tooley
Victoria Pousada
Nurse Vicki
Edward Trader
Double / Extra
Anthony Quome
Entourage Member / Extra
Andrew Rodriguez Jr
Entourage Member / Extra
Le'Roy Kester
Entourage Member / Ghoulish Homeless / Extra