Buzz builds for new Oscar Grant flick 'Fruitvale Station'
theGRIO REPORT - 'Fruitvale Station', brings Oscar Grant's dramatic story to the screen, and has garnered positive attention from critics, who are calling it 'powerful'....
WATCH: Oscar Grant film trailer
theGRIO REPORT - Fruitvale Station (originally titled Fruitvale) was one of the most acclaimed films to emerge from this year's Sundance Film Festival...
theGrio’s 100: Ava DuVernay, 1st black woman to win Sundance best director
theGRIO's 100 - In 2012 Ava DuVernay made history by becoming the first black woman to win the Best Director accolade at the Sundance Film Festival for her second feature, 'Middle of Nowhere.'
Oscar Grant film 'Fruitvale' wins jury prize at Sundance
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) - 'Fruitvale' is based on the true story of Oscar Grant, who was 22 years old when he was shot and killed in a public transit station in Oakland, California...
J-Hud shows darker side in upcoming film 'Mister and Pete'
theGRIO REPORT - Jennifer Hudson is showing off her darker side in her new film 'The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Peter,' which will make its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival...
Oscar Grant film a smash at Sundance FIlm Fest
theGRIO REPORT - 'Fruitvale', a narrative film that depicts the last 24-hours of Oscar Grant's life, ending with his shooting death by a transit officer, is one of the most buzzed-out films premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.
Anita Hill reflects on Senate hearings in new documentary
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) - Anita Hill made national headlines in 1991 when she testified that then-Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas had made sexually inappropriate comments toward her...
Anita Hill documentary to premiere at Sundance
theGRIO REPORT - ANITA, a documentary about attorney Anita Hill’s infamous sexual harassment accusations against Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, will premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival...
'Middle of Nowhere' director on Hollywood radar
theGRIO REPORT - Independent filmmaker Ava DuVernay is riding high ahead of the release of her latest flick, 'Middle of Nowhere'...
Spike Lee releases 'Red Hook Summer' poster
theGRIO REPORT - Spike Lee's 'Red Hook Summer' comes out in theaters August 10. It will be the first independent film release by Lee's production company, 40 Acres and a Mule...
