Film Analysis: Fruitvale Station

Directed by Ryan Coogler, Fruitvale Station is based on a true story that portrays the last day in the life of a 22- year African-American named Oscar Grant. The story is based on the events leading up to the death of Oscar, who was shot and killed on New Years by a Bart police officer in 2009. Questions of police brutality and racial profiling were raised do to the fact of the real-life video footage that was shot at the time. Throughout these events of Oscar’s day, he had run into many incidents and interactions with people, such as Katie, that challenged not only his, but their assumptions as well. In the beginning of the film, Oscar is approached by a stray pit-bull while he is filling up his car at the gas station. Oscar realizes that