Trees of Peace

Trees of Peace is a 2022 film written and directed by Alanna Brown in her directorial debut. It is starring Eliane Umuhire, Charmaine Bingwa, Bola Koleosho and Ella Cannon as four women (two Tutsi, one a Hutu moderate, and one American volunteer) who hide in a hole underneath a house for 81 days to survive the 1994 Rwandan genocide.[1] It has a 98 minute runtime and is an English language film.[2]

The film was initially funded through a 2017 Kickstarter campaign which met its goal of $65,000 from 350 backers.[3] Production ended in November 2019. A year after the film premiered at the 2021 Santa Barbara International Film Festival, Netflix acquired the global rights to the film in March 2022.[4] The film's trailer was released on May 13, and the film premiered on June 10. Netflix acquired the rights for the film.[4] The Hindu described it as a moving survival story.[5]