20 | ‘FRUITVALE STATION’, ACAB, a EVEN MORE ADORABLE CHILDREN
Like a Shakespearean tragedy, ‘Fruitvale Station’ (2013) unfolds toward an inexorable conclusion that is presented to us at the beginning of the movie in the form of the actual cellphone footage captured on that fateful night in the first hours of 2009. Horrifying in its stark presentation and enraging in the blatant malice it captures, the footage is the only glimpse most people got of Oscar Grant III, the victim of a police shooting at the Fruitvale Station of the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) network. The movie, director Ryan Coogler’s debut feature film, follows Oscar through his last day alive and shows us the smallest sliver of his challenges, his circumstances, and his world. Michael B. Jordan puts in a career-catapulting performance that balances incredible sensitivity and subtlety with pain and back-against-the-wall-aggression. Next stop: Fruitvale Station. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/framesandfools/message
