Inspired by actual events, Journey from the Fall follows one family's flight to freedom following the war in Vietnam, communist political prison camps, and the mass exodus of boat people.

In 1975, against his wife's wishes, Long Nguyen chooses to stay in Vietnam and fight for his country. Knowing that his decision may separate him from his family forever, he asks his wife, Mai, to leave for safer shores. With her son and mother-in-law, Mai reluctantly boards a tiny fishing boat bound for America and begins a perilous journey across the sea. Meanwhile, Saigon falls under communist rule. Long is captured and imprisoned in re-education camps; he is driven to despair as he endures solitary confinement and sees the death of his friends. Believing his family is dead, Long's faith is revived when a mysterious visitor brings news of their survival in the new world. He then sets in motion a dangerous plan to escape and join them in freedom