New Year’s Eve, 2009: Oscar Grant hides a bag of marijuana down his pants before slipping a surprise pack of fruit snacks to his daughter at preschool. He snarls in the face of his former boss, ...

The indie drama “Fruitvale Station” isn’t about a cause, a movement, a policy or an agenda, but it is about change, both for those who see it and for those who made the film. Written and directed by ...

In the early hours of New Year’s Day 2009, an unarmed, unassuming 22-year-old black man was shot dead by a white police officer on the platform of a train station in Oakland, Calif., setting off a ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

“Fruitvale Station” is undoubtedly one of the most socially relevant films now showing in theaters. Based on the real-life events of Jan. 1, 2009, the movie spotlights the last day of Oscar Grant ...

Just when black America is up in arms over the George Zimmerman verdict, along comes first time Director Ryan Coogler’s FRUITVALE STATION to fan the flames. It’s about an unarmed young black man shot ...

That film, of course, if 2013’s Fruitvale Station, a real-life-inspired drama that chronicles the final day of Oscar Grant, who was killed by police in Oakland, California in 2009. The film was a ...

It's been seven years since Michael B. Jordan starred as Oscar Grant -- a real-life victim of police violence -- in Ryan Coogler's debut feature, Fruitvale Station, and the actor knows there's still a ...