Everybody knows what it's like to have a mom, everybody knows how it is to have somebody they love, a lot of people know what it's like to have a daughter and a lot people know what it's like to be 22 years old." In an interview, Coogler stated, "It was my goal that this film could be shared with people who would never come in contact with somebody like Oscar Grant. "Fruitvale Station" is the first feature for writer/director and Oakland native Ryan Coogler. KQED's Jon Brooks reviewed the movie, observing: "'Fruitvale Station' certainly does humanize Grant, in a way that turns someone who has existed as a mere headline for many and a symbol for many more, into a person with hopes, dreams, and flaws."
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Jordan, who plays Oscar Grant, and Octavia Spencer, who plays his mother - felt about what is was like to act in the movie based on a true story.
NPR has an article about how the stars of the film - Michael B. The film won the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award at this year's Sundance Film Festival. The death triggered riots in Oakland, and raised serious questions about relationship between citizens and the police. The new film "Fruitvale Station," which opens today, examines the final 24 hours in the life of Oscar Grant, the 22 year-old, unarmed black man who was shot and killed by a BART police officer early on New Year's Day 2009. Grant III, was comforted by her supporters outside the Los Angeles Superior Court after Johannes Mesherle was sentanced to voluntary manslaughter.
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