Langer Film Series: Fruitvale Station

Sunday, November 10, 2013 – 2:00 pm

Langer Film Series: Fruitvale Station
Taylor Little Theatre
Sunday Nov. 10, 2013 – 2 p.m.

Winner of both the Grand Jury Prize for dramatic feature and the Audience Award for U.S. dramatic film at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, director Ryan Coogler’s Fruitvale Station follows the true story of Oscar Grant, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident who wakes up on the morning of December 31, 2008 and feels something in the air. Not sure what it is, he takes it as a sign to get a head start on his resolutions: being better son to his mother, whose birthday falls on New Year’s Eve, being a better partner to his girlfriend Sophina who he hasn’t been completely honest with as of late, and being a better father to Tatiana their beautiful four year-old daughter. Crossing paths with friends, family and strangers, Oscar starts out well, as the day goes on, he realizes that changes are not going to come easily. His resolve takes a tragic turn, however, when BART officers shoot him in cold blood at the Fruitvale subway stop on New Year’s Day. Oscar’s life and tragic death would shake the Bay Area – and the entire nation – to its very core.

“Fruitvale Station” is a directorial debut of limitless promise; as a first feature it’s almost miraculous.” – Wall Street Journal

$6 for adults, $5 for students/seniors and $1 for Mercyhurst students (with ID)

Tickets can be purchased by calling 814-824-3000 or by visiting miac.mercyhurst.edu.

• Watch the trailer
• The story behind the film
• Interview with the director, Ryan Coogler
• More background on Ryan Coogler