That's the question raised by " Fruitvale Station," a modest but astonishingly accomplished urban drama that arrives in Washington area theaters Friday as an eerie example of art not just ...

Erin Moriarty of "48 Hours" has the story behind the film: Every day, 16,000 riders run through this Bay Area Rapid Transit, or BART, station in Oakland, Calif. The sign says "Fruitvale." ...

Early in the morning on New Year’s Day 2009, 22-year-old black drug dealer Oscar Grant was shot in the back and killed by a white cop in Oakland’s Fruitvale Station as dozens of witnesses ...

Fruitvale Station does. Without the attendance of African-American audiences, the financial prospects for a film such as this — about black people, made by a black person — are dim.

Michael B. Jordan has earned strong praise this year for his performances in Sinners, but Fruitvale Station remains his greatest work to date.

"Fruitvale Station" is a searing, ripped-from-the-headlines drama that arrives today in New Orleans as an instant award-season front-runner. But that's not all that it is -- not in this post ...

"Fruitvale Station" caused quite a stir when it premiered at Sundance in January, sparking a drawn-out bidding war. Rachel Dodes joins Lunch Break with a look at the film, which continues a long ...

And on Friday, the Weinstein Co. will release "Fruitvale Station" (left), first-time director Ryan Coogler 's drama looking at the last day in the life of 22-year-old Grant, who was fatally shot ...

“Fruitvale Station” is based on a sensational case — the shooting death of 22-year-old Oakland native Oscar Grant by transit police on a subway platform in the early morning hours of New ...

We know how this story ends. 22-year-old Oscar Julian Grant III laid face-down on the “Fruitvale Station” subway platform, wondering why the hostile officers were being so forceful with him.

“Fruitvale Station” tells the real-life tale of Oscar Grant, a 22-year-old black San Francisco Bay Area resident who was shot by a white transit officer on New Year’s Eve 2008.

"Fruitvale Station" is a directorial debut of limitless promise; as a first feature it's almost miraculous. At the age of 27 Mr. Coogler seems to have it all, and have it firmly in place—a ...