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Fruitvale Station is a american film of genre Drama directed by Ryan Coogler released in USA on 26 july 2013 with Michael B. Jordan
Fruitvale Station (2013)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 26 july 2013
Length 1h25
Directed by Ryan Coogler
OriginUSA
Themes Films about racism
Rating74%
Fruitvale Station is a 2013 American drama film written and directed by Ryan Coogler. It is Coogler's first feature-length film and is based on the events leading to the death of Oscar Grant, a young man who was killed in 2009 by BART police officer Johannes Mehserle at the Fruitvale Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Station in Oakland, California.
The film stars Michael B. Jordan as Oscar Grant. Forest Whitaker is one of the film's producers. Kevin Durand and Chad Michael Murray play the two BART police officers involved in Grant's death. The names of the officers were changed for the film.
Fruitvale Station debuted at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award for U.S. dramatic film. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival where it won the award for Best First Film. The film was released in theaters July 12, 2013. It received critical acclaim upon its release and earned other awards.
Synopsis
The film depicts the story of Oscar Grant III, a 22-year-old from Hayward, California, and his experiences on the last day of his life, before he was fatally shot by BART Police in the early morning hours of New Year's Day 2009. The movie begins with the actual footage of Oscar Grant and his friends being detained by the BART Police at the Fruitvale BART station on January 1, 2009 in Oakland California at 2:15 am before the killing.Actors
Michael B. Jordan
(Oscar Grant)
Octavia Spencer
(Wanda)
Melonie Diaz
(Sophina)
Ahna O'Reilly
(Katie)
Kevin Durand
(Officer Caruso)
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