MICHAEL B. JORDAN
Winner of both the Grand Jury Prize for dramatic feature
and the Audience Award for U.S. dramatic film at the 2013 Sundance Film
Festival, director Ryan Coogler’s FRUITVALE STATION follows the true story of
Oscar Grant (Michael B. Jordan), a 22-year-old Bay Area resident who wakes up on
the morning of December 31, 2008 and feels something in the air. Not sure what
it is, he takes it as a sign to get a head start on his resolutions: being a
better son to his mother (Octavia Spencer), whose birthday falls on New Year’s
Eve, being a better partner to his girlfriend Sophina (Melonie Diaz), who he
hasn’t been completely honest with as of late, and being a better father to
Tatiana (Ariana Neal), their beautiful four year-old daughter. Crossing paths
with friends, family, and strangers, Oscar starts out well, but as the day goes
on, he realizes that change is not going to come easily. His resolve takes a
tragic turn, however, when BART officers shoot him in cold blood at the
Fruitvale subway stop on New Year’s Day. Oscar’s life and tragic death would
shake the Bay Area – and the entire nation – to its very core.
(l-r) ARIANA NEAL
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