Anniversary

When Ellen and Paul’s son Josh introduces his new girlfriend at their 25th anniversary party, no one suspects that it is the beginning of the end for this happy family. The new girlfriend is Liz, Ellen’s former student, who left the university, some years before, after Ellen called her out in class for her radical ideology.

• near future
• social pressure
• psychological tension
• family breakdown
• loss of freedom
• political radicalization
• rise of autocracy
• toxic influence
• radical thinker
• public influence
• visionary author
• ideological conflict
• fear‑driven politics
• university environment
• intellectual extremism