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Fruitvale Station
Fruitvale Station is a 2013 American biographical 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 district station of the Bay Area Rapid Transit system in Oakland. The film stars Michael B. Jordan as Oscar Grant
with Kevin Durand and Chad Michael Murray playing the two BART police officers involved in Grant's death, although their names were changed
for the film. Melonie Diaz, Ahna O'Reilly and Octavia Spencer also star. 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 screenedin 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.
Plot
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 in Oakland on January 1, 2009, at 2:15 a.m.
right before the killing. The film shows Grant and his girlfriend Sophina arguing about Grant's recent infidelity.
It later shows Grant unsuccessfully attempting to get his job back at