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*Sundance is over and marks another historical event in the record books. And as we reported earlier, “Fruitvale” director Ryan Coogler went home a champ with not one major award, but two. Not only did the film pick up the Audience Award, but also the Grand Jury Prize, the most celebrated, coveted award of the [...]
*Saturday night at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, “Fruitvale” won the Grand Jury prize. “Fruitvale” is a drama based on the real-life story of a young man balck man named Oscar Grant, who was shot to death at an Oakland BART station. The movie also won the Audience Award for U.S. dramatic [...]
*The Weinstein Company has acquired distribution rights for the Forest Whitaker-produced “Fruitvale,” which follows the true story of 22-year-old Bay Area resident Oscar Grant who was unarmed when he was shot dead by police officers at the Fruitvale BART station. The feature directorial debut of Ryan Coogler, who also wrote the screenplay, premiered to wide [...]
*If you’re wondering about actor/producer Big Spence, he has been busy on the set of “Fruitvale.” “Fruitvale,” an Indie film written and directed by Oakland, CA native Ryan Coogler and produced by Oscar winner Forrest Whitaker, is being filmed currently in the Bay Area. The film will prove to be a heart wrenching as it [...]
*“90210” star Tristan Wilds and Melonie Diaz have joined the cast off “Fruitvale,” the indie drama about the true-life police shooting of Oscar Grant by the Bay Area Rapid Transit police. Grant, a young black man, was detained on New Year’s Day 2009 at the Fruitvale BART station when he was shot in the back [...]
*Oscar winner Octavia Spencer and “Friday Night Lights” vet Michael B. Jordan are in negotiations to star in “Fruitvale,” a timely indie drama based on the young black man who was shot in the back and killed by Bay Area Transit Authority police on New Year’s Day 2009. Produced by Forest Whitaker and his Significant [...]
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