After the Revolution

by Amy Herzog

Directed by Michael O’Connor

With their long history as Marxist thinkers, the Josephs are not your typical American family. The youngest, Emma, is a bright, idealistic law graduate who has set up a legal fund to fight social injustice. It’s named after her grandfather, Joe, who was blacklisted during the McCarthy witch-hunt era for refusing to name names.

While Emma is working to free a man on death row, she is suddenly confronted with a family secret that turns her life upside down. Did her grandfather pass on classified information to the Soviets during World War II? And more importantly, why did Emma’s father, Ben, knowingly withhold this from her?

Touching, funny and thought-provoking, After the Revolution shines a light on the power of ideology as three generations of the Joseph family deal with secrets and lies.