Fruitvale Station
Directed by: Ryan Coogler
Starring: Michael B. Jordan, Octavia Spenser, Melonie Diaz, Ariana Neal, Kevin Durant
In my opinion Ryan Coogler produced a compelling and astonishing film that really left me in shock. The outstanding performance by Michael B. Jordan helped the audience really feel what Oscar was going through.Oscar was a loving, hard working, and reliable father that always put his daughter first over everything. As there were very sad moments in the film, there were also very amusing parts to the film that really made the movie balance out and kept it fresh.
In continuation, in the film we see a loving father trying to fix his past mistakes in living in the hood [being on the street and selling 'trees'] through self-improvement. This might be the saddest part of this story -- that he wanted desperately to make a change in his life for himself and his loved ones alike, yet died because of a man who apparently could not decipher between a gun and a taser.
In conclusion, this film is not just a retelling of the events on 1/1/2009; it is a retelling of a man with a big heart, beautiful soul, and willing to help those he loves by any means necessary. Likewise, the film also points out our society's inability to have sympathy for those like Oscar Grant (as aforementioned). In the climax, Grant exclaims that he has a child, which tells me that he was not mouthing off to police officers on purpose, but rather trying desperately to return home to his girlfriend Sophina (Melonie Diaz), daughter Tatiana (Ariana Neal), and mother Wanda (Octavia Spencer).
In continuation, in the film we see a loving father trying to fix his past mistakes in living in the hood [being on the street and selling 'trees'] through self-improvement. This might be the saddest part of this story -- that he wanted desperately to make a change in his life for himself and his loved ones alike, yet died because of a man who apparently could not decipher between a gun and a taser.
In conclusion, this film is not just a retelling of the events on 1/1/2009; it is a retelling of a man with a big heart, beautiful soul, and willing to help those he loves by any means necessary. Likewise, the film also points out our society's inability to have sympathy for those like Oscar Grant (as aforementioned). In the climax, Grant exclaims that he has a child, which tells me that he was not mouthing off to police officers on purpose, but rather trying desperately to return home to his girlfriend Sophina (Melonie Diaz), daughter Tatiana (Ariana Neal), and mother Wanda (Octavia Spencer).
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