When “Trees of Peace,” a drama set during the 1994 Rwandan genocide, surged into the top 10 English-language films on Netflix in June, some may have been amazed that a low-budget, albeit critically acclaimed indie was among the most-watched movies of the week. But executive producer Nicole Avant (“The Black Godfather”) wasn’t among them.
“It was incredible. I was surprised how quickly it got so much attention, but I wasn’t surprised,” Avant tells Variety about learning that the film racked up more than 9.3 million hours viewed in those first few days.
To Avant, the numbers indicated that audiences was ready for and interested in stories like this, despite its heavy subject matter.
“We’ve all felt pretty beaten up for many years, with all this social unrest happening in the United States and everywhere around the world, and just so much negativity,” she explains. “Then here comes this film about strength,...
“It was incredible. I was surprised how quickly it got so much attention, but I wasn’t surprised,” Avant tells Variety about learning that the film racked up more than 9.3 million hours viewed in those first few days.
To Avant, the numbers indicated that audiences was ready for and interested in stories like this, despite its heavy subject matter.
“We’ve all felt pretty beaten up for many years, with all this social unrest happening in the United States and everywhere around the world, and just so much negativity,” she explains. “Then here comes this film about strength,...
- 8/30/2022
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Streamer plans summer debut for Alanna Brown’s award-winning feature debut.
Netflix has acquired worldwide rights to Alanna Brown’s drama about the genocide in Rwanda Trees Of Peace.
The film won the top three jury prizes at American Black Film Festival including the John Singleton Award for best first feature and earned the top jury award at Santa Barbara International Film Festival after it premiered there last year.
Trees Of Peace is inspired by actual events and follows four women from different backgrounds who forge an unbreakable bond while trapped during the violence in Rwanda in 1994. Netflix plans to debut the film this summer.
Netflix has acquired worldwide rights to Alanna Brown’s drama about the genocide in Rwanda Trees Of Peace.
The film won the top three jury prizes at American Black Film Festival including the John Singleton Award for best first feature and earned the top jury award at Santa Barbara International Film Festival after it premiered there last year.
Trees Of Peace is inspired by actual events and follows four women from different backgrounds who forge an unbreakable bond while trapped during the violence in Rwanda in 1994. Netflix plans to debut the film this summer.
- 3/23/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
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