"Fruitvale Station"
This “firestorm of a movie” is based on the true story of Oscar Grant III, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident who was shot by an Oakland transit cop.
Location
BFVAC - Loew Auditorium
Sponsored by
Hopkins Center for the Arts
Audience
Public
There will be a post-film discussion sponsored by the African and African-American Studies Program (AAAS).
On January 1, 2009, an unarmed black man named Oscar Grant was fatally shot by an Oakland transit cop while lying facedown on a subway platform. Does it matter that Grant was kind to animals, loved his daughter, helped strangers and resolved to turn his life around? Set largely on the last day of Grant’s life, Ryan Coogler’s Sundance Audience Award winner answers that question with a heartfelt and emphatic yes. “A firestorm of a movie” (Entertainment). D: Ryan Coogler, USA, 2013, 85m.
Location
BFVAC - Loew Auditorium
Sponsored by
Hopkins Center for the Arts
Audience
Public
