''Trees of Peace'' is a 2022 film which was written and directed by Alanna Brown in her directorial debut. It stars

Eliane Umuhire Eliane Umuhire (born 1986) is a French-Rwandan actress. She is known for her breakthrough role in the Polish film '' Birds Are Singing in Kigali'' (2017), for which she won several Best Actress awards at various festivals. Other notable performa ...

, Charmaine Bingwa, Bola Koleosho and Ella Cannon as four women (two

Tutsi The Tutsi ( ), also called Watusi, Watutsi or Abatutsi (), are an ethnic group of the African Great Lakes region. They are a Bantu languages, Bantu-speaking ethnic group and the second largest of three main ethnic groups in Rwanda and Burundi ( ...

, one a

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moderate, and one American volunteer) who hide in a hole underneath a house for 81 days to survive the 1994

Rwandan genocide The Rwandan genocide, also known as the genocide against the Tutsi, occurred from 7 April to 19 July 1994 during the Rwandan Civil War. Over a span of around 100 days, members of the Tutsi ethnic group, as well as some moderate Hutu and Gre ...

. It has a 98-minute runtime and it is an English language film. The film was initially funded through a 2017

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campaign. The film was produced by companies RR Productions, Abstract Entertainment and A Brown Girl Films. Producers included Ron Ray, Barry Levine, Mike Bundlie, Brian Baniqued and Jeffrey Spiegel. Executive Producers included Nicole Avant (The Black Godfather, Six Triple Eight). Production ended in November 2019. A year after the film premiered at the 2021

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, and won multiple other prestigious film festivals, Ron Ray personally negotiated the licensing of the film to Netflix as a Netflix Original. Netflix acquired the global rights to the film in March 2022. The film's trailer was released on May 13, and the film premiered on June 10. Within 5 days of its release, "Trees Of Peace" hit the Top 10 in 60 countries and launched multiple careers in Hollywood. The film received a 100% rating from Critics and 85% ratings from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes. Netflix acquired the global rights to the film, and released it worldwide simultaneously in 191 countries. ''

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'' described it as a moving survival story.

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* * Kickstarter-funded films 2022 films Films about the Rwandan genocide 2020s English-language films Netflix original films 2022 drama films American drama films 2020s American films {{2020s-US-film-stub