The film is due to expand to six more American cities on Friday before rolling out across the nation the following weekend. The Guardian's Xan Brooks described Fruitvale Station as a "quietly gripping debut feature" in which "one has the sense of a man being slowly, surely written back into being" after the film's Cannes screening in May. Jordan), who was shot in the back on New Year. It's the only way that things are going to take the necessary steps to move in the right direction so things can get better because I don't think it's ever gonna stop, but something's gotta fucking change." Fruitvale Station is the story of an American tragedy: a dramatized re-creation of the final day on earth of Oscar Grant (a terrific Michael B. It's not just a black and white thing, it's a people thing. learn how to treat each other better and stop judging one another just because we're different. "That's why I think this film means so much, because it keeps happening again and again. There is a disturbing lack of both subtlety and intricacy in what he has to say. According to Coogler, Grant is good, Mehserle is bad, and the riots that followed were wholly justified. It broke me up," he told an audience at the Regal LA Live cinema. Fruitvale chronicles the final hours of the life of Oscar Grant, the youth who was shot and killed by a BART police officer on Jan. Fruitvale Station only portrays the black and white, skipping over all of the shades of gray in between. I wasn't going to come after I found out about George Zimmerman getting acquitted. Jordan said he almost cancelled an appearance at a sold-out screening at Los Angeles at the weekend following the news of Zimmerman's acquittal. "Obviously, we had no idea of what would be going on at the time we dated the movie, but it's very topical," said The Weinstein Company's Erik Lomis. ![]() Coogler's film achieved the highest per-screen average gross of any movie released in the US this weekend, with a take of $54,000 (£36,000) on limited release at seven cinemas. ![]() Weinstein has produced dozens of awards-season favourites over the past 20 years, including the Oscar-winning civil rights themed drama The Help (for which Spencer win best supporting actress) in 2011 and the forthcoming White House-set political biopic The Butler. The victim was unarmed.įruitvale Station is being released by Harvey Weinstein's Weinstein Company in the US and is tipped for Oscars success next year. He argued that he had intended to tase Grant, but accidentally shot him after seeing him reach for his waistband. Mehserle was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter, though not guilty of second-degree murder and voluntary manslaughter, a verdict which sparked protests and small-scale rioting in Oakland. The policeman's move to restrain Grant and subsequent decision to shoot him in the back were captured by passers-by on mobile phones. Fruitvale Station, directed by Ryan Coogler, portrays the last day in the life of Oscar Grant, a 22-year-old who was shot and killed by a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) police officer named. The incident happened after Mehserle and another officer were called to reports of a fight.
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