Fruitvale Station

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October 10, 2013
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael B. Jordan wants it all — from a 'Rocky' spinoff to a role in the…
October 4, 2013
OPINION - Yes black actors should be cast in more mainstream, read “white,” films but, the main problem with Hollywood…
August 23, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Hailed a renaissance year for black films, backlash over Lee Daniels’ 'The Butler' suggests rhetoric surrounding current…
August 16, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - According to the New York Times, 2013 is 'a breakout year for black films,' with several prominent…
July 26, 2013
OPINION - 'Frutivale Station' is arguably the most powerful African-American movie of the last 10 years and it would be…
July 23, 2013
theGRIO VIDEO - Director Spike Lee discusses whether or not Trayvon Martin's story should be turned into a Hollywood film…
July 19, 2013
CANNES, France (AP) — Octavia Spencer almost passed on one of the most acclaimed movies of the year so far...
July 17, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - There have never been three African American leading males contenting for the best actor Academy Award, but…
July 15, 2013
OPINION - I can only wonder how black boys around America will digest the Zimmerman acquittal...
July 14, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Michael B. Jordan's deeply visceral reaction to the not guilty verdict might have been spawned by the…
July 10, 2013
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ryan Coogler is back on the University of Southern California campus for the first time since…
July 1, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Snoop Dogg and T.I. joined Fruitvale Station director Ryan Coogler and others on the 'No Guns Allowed'…
June 22, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - In the upcoming film 'Fruitvale Station', filmmaker Ryan Coogler aspires to spark conversation about racism, police violence…
June 11, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - What is being celebrated by industry watchers is the scope, breadth, and variety of films in the…
May 13, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - 'Fruitvale Station', brings Oscar Grant's dramatic story to the screen, and has garnered positive attention from critics,…