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Ashes Under The Sand

When a routine "clean up" job goes wrong, a group of low-level criminals hopes to hide from fate at a cabin in the woods, but tensions reach a boiling point as old wounds reopen and love, loss, and regret threaten to tear decades of brotherhood apart.

"Ashes Under The Sand" is a proof-of-concept short film that explores what happens when friendships end not with a whimper, but with a bang.

  • Richard LePow
    Director
  • Richard LePow
    Writer
  • Jonathan Argudo
    Producer
  • Jacob A. Ware
    Key Cast
  • Tristan Polania
    Key Cast
  • Christian Forrest
    Key Cast
  • John R. Smith, Jr.
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Drama, Crime
  • Runtime:
    14 minutes 3 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    December 2, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    20,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States, United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States, United States
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Richard LePow

Richard LePow is a writer and director living in Brooklyn.
He began his film career at the award-winning Firelight Films
as a production assistant helping create over a dozen short
documentaries for permanent display at the National Museum
of African American History and Culture. He worked as a script
coordinator at Left/Right before venturing out as a freelance
writer and editor. He wrote and directed his short documentary,
My Grandfather, The Bank Teller, and wrote the short film
Overexposed, which won the Audience Award at the
48 Hour Film Festival.

Growing up playing handball in the empty concrete lots of Mill
Basin, he was surrounded by people like the characters who inhabit his films. Richard is looking forward to shining a light on his old neighborhood that managed to fly under the radar of an ever-changing city.

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