The Weinstein Company had originally slated the film for a release this October, but switched gears a few months back, deciding to put it into theatres this month instead. The film has been earning rave reviews across the board, and now TWC have released a new TV spot teasing some of the positive endorsements from the likes of Chris Rock and Russell Simmons on Twitter.
Oscar Grant was a 22-year-old Bay Area resident who loved his friends, was generous to strangers, and had a hard time telling the truth to the mother of his beautiful daughter. He was scared and courageous and charming and raw, and as human as the community he was part of. That community paid attention to him, shouted on his behalf, and filmed him with their cell phones when BART officers, who were strong, intimidated, and acting in the way they thought they were supposed to behave around people like Oscar, shot him in cold blood at the Fruitvale subway stop on New Year’s Day in 2009.
Michael B. Jordan is front and centre here as Oscar Grant, starring alongside Octavia Spencer, Melonie Diaz, Ahna O’Reilly, Kevin Durand, and Chad Michael Murray.
Coogler makes his feature debut as both writer and director with the film.
Fruitvale Station is now playing in select US cinemas. Still no word yet on a UK release date, but here’s to hoping that it will be heading across the Atlantic a little later in the year, well in time for it to be eligible for the BAFTAs as well.
