Fruitvale Station

Fruitvale Station: A realistic and touching film

By Jenny Alvarez

Filmmaker Ryan Coogler makes his feature directorial debut with this drama centered on the tragic shooting of Oscar Grant (Michael B. Jordan), a vibrant 22-year-old Bay Area father who was senselessly gunned down by BART officers on New Year’s Day in 2009, and whose murder sent shockwaves through the nation after being captured on camera by his fellow passengers. Produced by Academy Award® Winner Forest Whitaker*, Fruitvale Station co-stars Academy Award® winner Octavia Spencer**, Melonie Diaz, and Kevin Durand. An emotionally exploitative in which trust and confidence of many communities and customers deserve a good police force and empowered but in this film an unfair death dramatize Grant’s life during the 24 hours period leading up to his death proves to be more realistic than putting up a documentary that salvages the details. “Fruitvale Station” is “based on a true story” historical dramas that, as narrative fiction, imagine and invent dialogue, details and demeanors of “real” people being portrayed by talented actors. In 85 minutes you will enjoy remarkable performances by Octavia Spencer and Melonie Diaz, and there’s no way we will forget about this film and Oscar die so many times adding many emotions with this fact with a thinkable movie. Now is available in DVD and Blu-ray in English and Spanish languages.