A former Afghan journalist seeking asylum discovers the dark underbelly of his new small-town home in Northern California.

Leaving behind his life as a fixer for Western journalists covering the war in Afghanistan, an Afghan journalist (Dominic Rains) finds himself in a small town in Northern California working as a crime reporter.

And when his friend (James Franco) goes missing, he is drawn deep into the community's dark peculiarities and is forced to confront the untenable reality of his new life in the U.S.