DVD of the Week (Fruitvale Station)

Fruitvale Station (DVD)

TWC ; a Significant production ; written and directed by Ryan Coogler ; produced by Nina Yang Bongiovi, Forest Whitaker.

Call Number: PN 1997.2 .F79 2014 (In the IMC on the Library's 3rd floor)

Summary: Fruitvale Station follows the true story of Oscar Grant (Michael B. Jordan), a 22-year-old Bay Area resident who wakes up on the morning of December 31, 2008 and feels something in the air. Not sure what it is, he takes it as a sign to get a head start on his resolutions: being a better son to his mother (Octavia Spencer), whose birthday falls on New Year’s Eve, being a better partner to his girlfriend Sophina (Melonie Diaz), who he hasn’t been completely honest with as of late, and being a better father to Tatiana (Ariana Neal), their beautiful four year-old daughter.

Crossing paths with friends, family, and strangers, Oscar starts out well, but as the day goes on, he realizes that change is not going to come easily. His resolve takes a tragic turn, however, when BART officers shoot him in cold blood at the Fruitvale subway stop on New Year’s Day. Oscar’s life and tragic death would shake the Bay Area – and the entire nation – to its very core. Filmmaker Ryan Coogler makes his feature directorial debut. 

Review from The New Yorker
 
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