In the summer of 2014, Sophie Kessler, a waitress and single mother, who lives with her diabetic mother Kristin and her son Garret in Iowa, discovers that her son is vomiting in his sleep. Fearing that he had developed a new kind of flu, she rushes him to the doctor who reassures her. Garret then develops a rash that neither a pediatrician, dermatologist, or psychologist can diagnose. Sophie theorizes that Garret might have a disease linked to genetically modified organisms. Sophie then goes to a science lab at the university where her mother works as a secretary and meets Indian scientist, Serge Negani. She then meets Peter Sullivan, who overhears Sophie talking to Serge about her worries for her son, claiming to be a university scientist, claims about files containing the answers to her questions. Sophie leaves Garret with Eddie, a man she met at Garret's school and sneaks into the university with Peter to find the files, using her mother's keys. After discovering that the files are missing, security guards find them and reveal that Peter is really a janitor. Serge, who has been researching biotech chickens and GMO reactions on rats with fellow scientist Jacob, discovers the chickens to be dead and looks through Jacob's computer for any information. He finds information, exposing the dangers of the project, prints it, puts it into a box, and into the trunk of his car. He calls Sophie to tell her, but she is stressed after finding out that Eddie works as a cop for the GMO corporation, Clonestra. She refuses to speak with him and hangs up on him. Serge gets into his car and begins to drive to Sophie‘s house to show her the information. Serge is then pursued by two drunk men who indirectly cause him to have a car accident, killing him. After hearing of the accident on the news, Sophie goes to see Serge's widow, who tells her that Serge's grandfather was a farmer in India who was growing GMO corn, with seeds given by Clonestra, which eventually became less productive and expensive and that his grandfather and some other farmers drank pesticide in protest. She then says that Serge was offered to do research for the university and accepted in order to expose the dangers of GMOs. Sophie then goes to the scrap-metal yard, where Serge's car was taken to once it was destroyed in his fatal accident, and retrieves the information and takes it to Clonestra with Eddie's help, leading the CEO, Dan Conoway, to resign, after Kristin posts a YouTube video of Sophie exposing the dangers of GMOs. Some time later, Sophie, Garret, Kritsin, Eddie, and Eddie's son are at a football game. Sophie then realizes that GMOs have still not been labeled and begins to experience anxiety with her heart pounding rapidly.
Cast
Zoe Lister-Jones as Sophie Kessler; a waitress and single mother whose son develops a mysterious illness.
