24 minutes. One room. A bomber, a widow, and the man who wants blood.
When a car bomb devastates a Nigerian neighborhood, victims flood a small, unequipped relief shelter. After one of the victims is identified as the bomber, Joanna, a volunteer doctor, must stand between a UN Peacekeeper who watched his friend die and the man possibly responsible for the explosion.
Acting
Horsdal anchors chaos with quiet authority.
Writing
Zero fat — every line escalates the noose.
Direction
Maran turns budget limits into suffocating intimacy.
Director
Eric Maran
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in Vancouver standing in for Nigeria; local Nigerian community consulted for cultural authenticity.
The title references both literal explosion debris and the Igbo proverb 'When the ashes fall, the fire is not done' — suggesting cycles of violence.
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