Brit Shaw and Dendrie Taylor stopped by to discuss the premiere of their film at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival called Peace in The Valley. Shaw and Taylor play a mother-daughter duo that deals with one another after a tragedy hits their family. The movie made it on our website, TWE's "Must See" list. Both actresses wanted to stress the importance of the real struggles the characters face in the film, what happens when the media leaves, and how a family tries to rebuild itself back together.
Host: Monica Gleberman
Editor: Ashley Pelletier
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The specter of gun violence hangs over Peace In The Valley, Tyler Riggs’ new drama about a family’s struggle to make sense out of a senseless act. In the opening scene, Ashley Rhodes (Brit Shaw) and her husband John (Michael Abbott Jr.) are in a supermarket with their son Jesse (William Samiri) when a gunman begins randomly firing into the store. John, a firefighter and a veteran, rushes towards the attacker and dies a hero. But that brings little comfort to Ashley, who’s not only mourning her husband but struggling with Jesse’s budding interest in hunting.
The re-emergence of John’s identical twin Billy — also played by Abbott Jr. — into Ashley and Jesse’s lives further complicates this already volatile situation, forcing Ashley to conquer her grief for the sake of both herself and her son. Anchored by Shaw’s wrenching lead performance, this timely, resonant film dramatizes the sobering real-world consequences of America’s obsession with firearms.--Frederic Boyer
*Purchase tickets to see the film here: https://tribecafilm.com/films/peace-in-the-valley-2022 
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