Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With just five movies, Ryan Coogler has already established himself as one of the most talented and influential filmmakers of his ...

Emotionally wrenching and based on true events, Fruitvale Station creates a sad portrait of a young man shot down in his prime. It is the story of Oscar Grant, a black, 22-year-old native of Oakland, ...

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Michael B. Jordan (left), Octavia Spencer and director Ryan Coogler, on the set of Fruitvale Station. The new film Fruitvale Station tells the true story of a young, unarmed black man who was shot and ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Two years out of the University of Southern California's film school, Ryan Coogler is still paying down his debt. That may not be the case for long. Coogler's first feature ...

“Fruitvale Station” is more than the dramatization of an obituary. It’s about empathy. In recounting (and slightly fictionalizing) the final day of 22-year-old Oscar Grant’s life, first-time ...

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Ryan Cooglerhas only made five feature-length films so far in his career, yet the writer and director has already amassed a truly impressive filmography. After a series of shorts that teased his great ...

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In the early hours of New Year’s day 2009, Oscar Grant—a 22-year-old African-American man—was shot by a Bay Area transit officer while handcuffed and face-down on the ground at Oakland’s Fruitvale ...