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Fruitvale Station is a 2013 American biographical drama film written and directed by Ryan Coogler.It is Coogler's feature directorial debut, and is based on the events leading to the death of Oscar Grant, a young man killed in 2009 by Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) police officer Johannes Mehserle at the Fruitvale district BART station in Oakland, California.
The killing, and the protests against it, were an important precursor to the Black Lives Matter movement, which began in 2013. [2] The biographical drama film Fruitvale Station (2013), written and directed by Ryan Coogler, portrays the last 24 hours of Grant's life, his killing, and the immediate aftermath.
Michael Bakari Jordan [1] (/ b ɑː ˈ k ɑːr i / bah-KAR-ee; born February 9, 1987) [2] is an American actor, producer and director. He is best known for his film roles as shooting victim Oscar Grant in the drama Fruitvale Station (2013), boxer Adonis Creed in Creed (2015), and Erik Killmonger in Black Panther (2018), all of which were written and directed by Ryan Coogler.
[13] [14] Fruitvale Station, a film about the killing, was released in 2013. [15] Tempo bus rapid transit service on International Boulevard began on August 9, 2020. [16] The line's Fruitvale station is located about 600 feet (180 m) northeast of the BART station. [17]
Variety is set to honor “Fruitvale Station” producer and Significant Productions co-founder Nina Yang Bongiovi with its Creative Impact in Producing Award at the Sun Valley Film Festival in ...
A fact from Fruitvale Station (film) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 9 February 2013 (check views).The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that the film Fruitvale, which won two major awards at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, is based on a real-life police shooting?
Fruitvale (BART station) Fruitvale Oil Field, underneath Bakersfield, ... Fruitvale, original title of Fruitvale Station, a 2013 American independent drama film;
In 2009, officer Johannes Mehserle fatally shot Oscar Grant III on the Fruitvale station. [4] [5] Eyewitnesses gathered direct evidence of the shooting with cellular video cameras which were later submitted to social networks such as YouTube in addition to media outlets. The videos were watched hundreds of thousands of times online. [6]