The Same Country is a powerful and thought-provoking story about family, friendship and the risks we take to unravel the truth. Twenty years ago, Joe was shot dead in the bedroom of his white girlfriend. It was deemed an accident, but now his friend Cassie - a journalist - is not so sure. As racial tension ignites a string of violence across their New England city, secrets are revealed, questions mount and suspicions grow. Will the answers that she is so desperate to find cause everyone's world to shatter?