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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.
[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]
'Fruitvale Station' (2013) Michael B. Jordan stars as Oscar Grant in the true-life drama "Fruitvale Station." Before their sensational collaborations "Creed" and "Black Panther," debuting director ...
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 ...
In 2013, Coogler wrote and directed his first feature-length film, Fruitvale Station (originally titled Fruitvale), which told the story of the last 24 hours of the life of Oscar Grant (played by Michael B. Jordan), who was shot to death by a police officer at Oakland's Fruitvale BART station on January 1, 2009.
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.
Ohanian co-produced the film Fruitvale Station, written and directed by fellow USC graduate Ryan Coogler. [3] Fruitvale Station went on to win the top audience and grand jury awards in the U.S. dramatic competition at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, and also went on to premiere at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival and won the Prize of the Future ...