Tag: systemic injustice

One Battle After Another: Willa’s Rise Turns a Thriller Into a Call for Ongoing Resistance

Paul Thomas Anderson’s new film, One Battle After Another, follows Leonardo DiCaprio’s Bob as he rescues his daughter Willa from the sadistic Colonel Lockjaw. The climax sees Willa go from victim to activist, joining an Oakland protest. Anderson uses the story to say the fight against systemic injustice never ends, it just passes to the next generation.