Inspired by a true story, a self-centered corporate lawyer is forced to take on a pro-bono case to help a young Afghan woman seek refuge from the tyrannical regime of the Taliban. Together the two women take on a brutal legal system to win asylum.
Acting
Lewis sheds her chaotic energy for actual vulnerability.
Writing
Courtroom speeches hit harder than they should.
Director
Don McBrearty
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This aired on Lifetime but was shot in Toronto standing in for Nebraska, which explains the suspiciously polite extras.
The real case inspired policy changes for gender-based asylum claims in 2004—the same year this premiered to roughly twelve people.
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