Fruitvale Station (2013) 

 

Release Date: July 12, 2013

Director: Ryan Coogler

Writer(s): Ryan Coogler

Starring: Michael B. Jordan, Melonie Diaz, Octavia Spencer

Estimated budget: $900,000

U.S. Box office: $16,101,339

Foreign: $1,284,491

Worldwide: $17,385,830 

 

Though he once spent time in San Quentin, 22-year-old black man Oscar Grant (Michael B. Jordan) is now trying hard to live a clean life and support his girlfriend (Melonie Diaz) and young daughter (Ariana Neal). Flashbacks reveal the last day in Oscar's life, in which he accompanied his family and friends to San Francisco to watch fireworks on New Year's Eve, and, on the way back home, became swept up in an altercation with police that ended in tragedy. Based on a true story.