Pulling his girlfriend Allison (Jennifer Seward) into the whirlwind of his ambitions, Trent (Kyle Dyck) is desperately on the run from contracted hitmen Henry (Brian Paulette) and Tim (Davis DeRock) as he slips into the deep, desolate backroads that criss-cross the empty rolling plains. Along the way Trent stumbles upon Ben (Jeffrey Staab), a nomadic drifter who now calls these roads "home," along-side his wife Michelle (Christie Courville) as they wander in the vast openness that is the Flint Hills.

Inspired by an actual friendship between the director's mother and his mother's best friend, 'The Tree' is a poignant, heart-warming story about an 88 year-old widow (Dorothy Thorp) who takes a road trip from Wamego, Kansas, back to Terre Haute, Indiana, to visit her oldest and dearest childhood friend.