New DVD. Running time: 1 h 25 min. Age rating: 16 Subtitles: no / not known
Tragic drama chronicling the last day of Oscar Grant III, who was fatally shot in the back by a police officer at Oakland´s Fruitvale BART station in the early hours of New Year´s Day 2009. The film follows Oscar (Michael B. Jordan) as he tries to start afresh before the beginning of the new year by being a better father to his daughter Tatiana (Ariana Neal) and a better partner to his girlfriend Sophina (Melonie Diaz).
Later in the evening, Oscar travels to San Francisco to attend a New Year´s party and it is when he is returning from the festivities that a fight breaks out between him and an old prison acquaintance. The police are then alerted to the trouble and take Oscar and his friends into custody. Shortly afterwards, a lapse in judgement by one of the police officers leads to a tragic outcome
Director: Ryan Coogler
Actors: Kevin Durand,Octavia Spencer,Chad Michael Murray,Melonie Diaz,Michael B. Jordan,Ahna O´Reilly,Ariana Neal