The World Drops Dead

Brandon Colvin · 2024 · 71 minutes

Claire struggles to cope as the shock of her father’s suicide ripples through her small Quaker community. Desperate to reunite with the only person who seemed to understand her, she reaches out to her father across the boundary of death. Shot in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Starring Yumna Jane, Sanam Erfani, and Larry Ratliff.

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Brandon Colvin is a writer, director, and producer from Kentucky. His previous films include the features Frames (2012), Sabbatical (2014), and A Dim Valley (2020). He is an Assistant Professor of film production at The University of Alabama.

Yumna Jane is an Egyptian-American actor, producer, writer, and director. Yumna was first seen as a waitress in Slant Streets and has since starred as Claire in When the World Drops Dead, Deirdre in When the Moon Returns, Zelda in Imogen, and Mariam Miller in There Should Be Flowers.