Tribeca Film Festival 2022: ‘Peace in the Valley’ (Interview of Brit Shaw)
Following the World Premiere of Peace in the Valley at Tribeca 2022, we interviewed actress Brit Shaw, who also produced the film.
At the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival, we were thrilled to discover a number of gems we hope you’ll get to catch when they play near you. Among them is Peace in the Valley, a tense drama directed by Tyler Riggs, set against a backdrop of gun violence.
Tyler Riggs’ new drama deals with 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.
We were delighted to chat with actress and producer Brit Shaw.
