In the wake of the tragic loss of her mother in a rogue bombing, a young Iraqi girl escapes her War-Torn village and makes her way to the U.S., on the coattails of two American Journalists where together they search for her dad, whom she's never met and who she only knows as; John Smith from Iowa.—Anonymous
Two hard-hitting war correspondents, Jodi McKenton (Jennifer Fontaine - Days of Our Lives, Look) and Jake Ramirez (David Mattey - Hancock, Thor) in search of the truth on the Gulf War Syndrome, are in the middle of interviewing a handful of U.S. soldiers in a rural village outside of Baghdad, when an RPG missile blows through decimating one of the houses which catapults them into evacuation mode.
Jakes humanity is abruptly drawn to the wailing cries of a young Aaseamah Khalid (Dominique Joelle - in her debut performance), who now kneels at the threshold of what was minutes ago her home and where she had just moments before, kissed her mother goodbye. Jake pulls the shocked Aaseamah from the wreckage and eventually into the safe arms of the Iraqi Officials.
When Jodi and Jake arrive back stateside at a midwest airport, they discover that Aaseamah has somehow finagled her way into the U.S., as well and with the intention of asking the them to help her find her G.I. Daddy, John Smith from Iowa.
Struggling through an all but impossible language barrier and Jodi's drive to get ahead as a respected journalist, this threesome ~ this unconventional family, ultimately realize that oft times what youre looking for isn't always so far away, or what you think you need.But rather right where you are...
