At 12:50 pm on March 29, 2025, a catastrophic 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar, with its epicentre in Sagaing. Just an hour away, Mandalay—Myanmar’s cultural heart—was shaken to its core. With a death toll already nearing 3,000 and expected to rise, this marks the country’s deadliest quake in a century.

With exclusive access on the ground, this documentary offers an intimate, human-centred portrait of survival and loss through the eyes of four individuals navigating the chaos in the quake’s aftermath. Their stories unfold against a backdrop of shattered communities, as the nation—already fractured by civil conflict and under military rule—grapples with a disaster that is testing its resilience like never before.

As Myanmar faces international scrutiny and makes an unprecedented call for foreign aid, this timely film explores not only the immediate impact of the earthquake, but also the broader regional implications of disaster preparedness, response, and recovery in a politically unstable landscape.