You should watch 'Fruitvale Station' before watching 'Black Panther'
Oscar Grant
The two first joined forces in an indie film turned critical darling called Fruitvale Station  which documented the life of  22-year old Oscar Grant  before he was shot and killed by BART police on New Year's Day in 2009. It was a deeply personal  gut-wrenching look at  Grant's  death  and it gave a face to a polarizing debate about race and authority in America — humanizing one the biggest national discussions of its time.
If you missed Fruitvale  which is highly possible if you're not attuned to Bay Area news or if you don't keep up with film festival darlings  it was Coogler's directorial debut that starred Jordan  Melonie Diaz and Octavia Spencer. The film served as a biopic that centered on the day before  Grant  was shot  shedding light on  his  relationships   his  friends  and  his  past.
The entirety of the movies focuses on the intimate details of  his  life  like  his  relationship with young daughter  or how  he 'd recently lost  his  job. It goes so far as to show how  he  interacts with strangers  like  his  warm conversations about marriage with a couple  he 'd just met  or how  he  runs into the middle of traffic to comfort a dog that'd just been hit by a car.
 Oscar Grant's death in 2009  proved to be one of the biggest moments in the debate about police brutality  race  and authority.  It  sparked sprawling protests throughout Oakland  and became one of the most formative events in that city's recent history. The trial over his death later sparked outrage  some arguing that  it  made Grant's life a political fulcrum  including Coogler.
The two first joined forces in an indie film turned critical darling called Fruitvale Station  which documented the life of [TGT]before [TGT] was shot and killed by BART police on New Year's Day in 2009. It was a deeply personal  gut-wrenching look at  [TGT]death  and it gave a face to a polarizing debate about race and authority in America — humanizing one the biggest national discussions of its time.
If you missed Fruitvale  which is highly possible if you're not attuned to Bay Area news or if you don't keep up with film festival darlings  it was Coogler's directorial debut that starred Jordan  Melonie Diaz and Octavia Spencer. The film served as a biopic that centered on the day before  [TGT]was shot  shedding light on  [TGT]  relationships   [TGT]  friends  and  [TGT]  past.
The entirety of the movies focuses on the intimate details of  his  life  like  his  relationship with young daughter  or how  he 'd recently lost  his  job. It goes so far as to show how  he  interacts with strangers  like  his  warm conversations about marriage with a couple  he 'd just met  or how  he  runs into the middle of traffic to comfort a dog that'd just been hit by a car.
 [TGT] death in 2009  proved to be one of the biggest moments in the debate about police brutality  race  and authority.  It  sparked sprawling protests throughout Oakland  and became one of the most formative events in that city's recent history. The trial over [TGT] later sparked outrage  some arguing that  it  made [TGT]'s life a political fulcrum  including Coogler.