The micro-budget indie has screened internationally, most notably at the Cannes Film Festival and the Sundance Film Festival, where it took home the coveted grand jury prize and the audience wward for a dramatic narrative.įruitvale Station is presented by The Weinstein Company and opens in select theaters July 26, 2013. The Los Angeles Film Festival is hardly the first time Fruitvale Station hit the red carpet. It was produced by Whitaker of Significant Productions and Bongiovi. Jordan ( The Wire, Chronicle) as Grant, Spencer ( The Help) as his mother, Wanda, and Melonie Diaz as Sophina, Grant’s girlfriend and the mother of his child. Greg McLean is directing the movie, which also stars John Gallagher Jr. Based on the true story of one of the most heart wrenching instances of police brutality in American history, Fruitvale Station humanizes Oscar Grant, a victim of senseless police violence and racial profiling. VIDEO: ‘Fruitvale Station’ Trailer: Tragic Confusion on Oakland Mass Transit Fruitvale Stations Melonie Diaz Joins James Gunn Thriller The Belko Experiment. Fruitvale Station takes us inside the world of the late Oscar Grant. Grant’s killing sparked a national outcry over social and racial injustices plaguing the United States, and the event’s reverberations are still felt throughout the Bay Area. Opening on the early morning hours of December 31, 2008, Fruitvale Station is Coogler’s fly-on-the-wall recreation of Grant’s efforts to turn a new leaf on that fateful holiday. Coogler’s film depicts the true story of Oscar Grant, a troubled 22-year-old Bay Area resident who was shot in the back and killed by BART police on New Years Day, 2009.
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