Ash Wednesday

2009, 12 minutes

A fledgling UN aid worker is taken hostage by Serbian rebels.

Monday 4th April 1992 Bosnia declares independence. The United Nations accept Bosnia as a new nation. As Bosnia celebrate, Serbian forces begin invading towns and villages across the border, leaving trails of destruction. Wednesday 6th April 1992 Two United Nations aid workers, Marie O'Mally, a veteran of the system, and David Thorpe, a newcomer to the UN, travel across Bosnia hoping to help spread peace in the conflict. That is until they stumble upon a Serbian checkpoint, where chaos ensues with guns being fired. The Serbian rebels are led by Commander Ratko and the terrifying General Zoran, hellbent on making Bosnia part of their Serbian nation

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