Benefit

In "Benefit," a young woman named Laura transforms from a modest background to the academic elite at Oxford University through a prestigious fellowship. Despite her achievements, she grapples with feelings of dislocation among her ambitious peers. Years later, after losing her job as an adjunct professor, she reconnects with the Weatherfield Foundation to write its centennial history, delving into the dark origins of its wealth. This journey of rediscovery illuminates hidden truths about herself and the toxic foundations of American meritocracy.