The Academy Awards have no problem honoring historical dramas, period pieces or scripts “based on a true story,” but has such admiration for these themes…
The final hours of Oscar Grant’s life are played out in front of your eyes through Michael B. Jordan in “Fruitvale Station.” The film has…
“Fruitvale Station” is not just the name of the movie, it’s the actual Bay Area Transit Station (BART) where the murder of 22-year-old Oscar Grant…
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So much for the over-hyped notion of a post-racial America: It’s open season on black men. Black America took an emotional gut punch Saturday night…
In the very early hours of January 1st, 2009 one fatal shot was fired on the subway platform at Fruitvale Station in Oakland, California. Just a few hours after ringing in the New Year with his close friends and girlfriend, Oscar Grant, who was just 22 years old, was shot and killed by BART Police […]
This year at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, one independent film presented by young African American filmmaker Ryan Coogler stood out among others. The film,…
Jacque Reid goes “Inside Her Story” with Wanda Johnson, the mother of the slain Oscar Grant, about the film “Fruitvale Station” and her son’s death.…
