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Remembering Oscar Grant & Immortalizing Trayvon Martin: Why Do We Need Movies?
Oscar Grant III(1986-2009) (Photo credit: Wikipedia) By Sophie Jacob Sitting in the Angelika Theatre in downtown New York City on Friday night, waiting for Fruitvale Station to start, I did not know...
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Before Trayvon Martin, There Was Oscar Grant
Oscar Grant III(1986-2009) (Photo credit: Wikipedia) By Hrang Vartanian A mural by street artist LNY, with some help from artists COST, ENX, and Ellis Gallagher, now dominates the very busy corner of...
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5 Reasons You Should See “Fruitvale Station”
By Tonya Pendleton “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 took place on New Year’s Day 2009....
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Fruitvale Station
Forest Whitaker’s Significant Productions and Ryan Coogler brings us the true story of Oscar Grant. This along with “The Butler” coming in August are my top must see films this year. This opens...
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‘Fruitvale Station’ Is More Than a Movie, It’s a Landmark
By Julianne Hing Oscar Grant III(1986-2009) (Photo credit: Wikipedia) When audiences see actor Michael B. Jordan get pulled off the BART train in “Fruitvale Station,” they’ll see the dramatized last...
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Race-blind admissions: White privilege is too often ignored in movies and in...
By Ann Hornaday As a drama about the needless death of a young, unarmed black man, the shattering new movie “Fruitvale Station” has found particular resonance with audiences in the past few weeks. The...
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‘Fruitvale Station’ hits home for Damian Lillard
Damian Lillard (Photo credit: ye-wa) By Marc J. Spears The Portland Trail Blazers’ Damian Lillard and a cousin saw the biopic “Fruitvale Station” in an otherwise empty theater in Portland on Wednesday...
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When Black People Are Target Practice
By Chauncey DeVega In this age of police thuggery, it seems that almost every few days brings another video recorded incident of white-on-black police violence and excessive force. Last week a white...
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