The true odyssey of a young child, Alice Cyuzuzo, as she traverses the deadly roads of Zaire to seek refuge during the aftermath of the civil war that has struck her native Rwanda. Gitarama, the Southern Province of Rwanda, 1994. Five-year-old Alice enjoys a peaceful childhood with her parents and little sisters, but life as she knows it is about to change forever as the genocide of the Tutsis erupts, forcing her to flee her village with her family. Alice on the Run delivers a singular testimony, capturing with painful emotion a relentless world as seen through the eyes of an innocent child.