A Guest in My Country

An immigrant Ubër driver takes an upscale couple across town, and the drama that unfolds among them reveals truths they all would have preferred stayed hidden.

Cast

Bayo Akinfemi

as Dembe Odongo

Noah Bean

as Steve Boshell

Bree Turner

as Brooke Boshell

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