Tuesday 19th May: Fruitvale Station (15)

USA – Docudrama – Year: 2013 – Running time: 85 mins

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The purportedly true story of Oscar Grant III, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident, who crosses paths with friends, enemies, family, and strangers on the last day of 2008 before being shot dead by a policeman at the train station after an altercation. While the incident led to local protests and national discussion, this impressive directorial debut pieces together the specifics, the banal facts, of a young man who was no angel but became a lost life that was largely ignored. Winner of the “Grand Jury Prize Sundance 2013” and “Un Certain Regard”, Cannes.