That may not be the case for long. Coogler's first feature film, "Fruitvale Station," goes into wide U.S. release this weekend, having earned universal acclaim from critics, awards at the Sundance ...

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

His first film not based on a true story or preexisting material, “Sinners” is many things – it’s a 1930’s gangster movie, a musical of sorts, a story about community and, chiefly, a ...

(The Root) — Ryan Coogler’s first full-length film, Fruitvale Station, officially hit theaters today, but it has been the talk of the cinema world for weeks. The Sundance winner is based on ...

Fruitvale, the long-awaited film depicting the 2008 shooting death of Oscar Grant released its trailer yesterday giving viewers a glimpse of what to expect from this Oakland-based drama. Written and ...

After a series of shorts that teased his great talents, Coogler made his debut film, Fruitvale Station, in 2013, which also helped catapult his frequent collaborator Michael B. Jordan to stardom.

This year's Sundance award-sponge is one of our own, celebrating the life and lamenting the death of Oscar Grant on an Oakland BART platform in the first moments of 2009. In his feature debut, local ...

Ryan Coogler’s directorial debut, Fruitvale Station (2013), starred Jordan in the role of Oscar Grant. The film is based on real events of police brutality and institutionalized racism in which ...

Finishing the film at all is an achievement, let alone getting people to see it. And the great reviews “Fruitvale Station” received opened the door to a massive and exciting career for Coogler.

In the early hours of New Year's Day 2009, on a platform of Oakland's Fruitvale BART Station, a young man named Oscar Grant III was shot in the back by a transit officer. The officer later claimed ...

“Fruitvale Station” (which also marked Coogler’s first collaboration with star Michael B. Jordan) depicted the last 24 hours in the life of Oscar Grant III, a 22-year-old Black man who was ...