Chad Michael Murray | Fruitvale Station

• Directed by: Ryan Coogler
• Written by: Ryan Coogler
• Produced by: Nina Yang Bongiovi, Forest Whitaker
• Starring: Michael B. Jordan, Melonie Diaz, Kevin Durand, Chad Michael Murray, Ahna O'Reilly, Octavia Spencer
• Cinematography: Rachel Morrison
• Edited by: Michael P. Shawver, Claudia Castello
• Music by: Ludwig Göransson
• Production company: Significant Productions
• Distributed by: The Weinstein Company
• Release date: July 12, 2013
• Running time: 85 minutes

This is the true story of Oscar, 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 a better son to his mother, whose birthday falls on New Year's Eve, being a better partner to his girlfriend, who he hasn't been completely honest with as of late, and being a better father to T, their beautiful 4 year old daughter. He starts out well, but as the day goes on, he realizes that change is not going to come easy. He crosses paths with friends, family, and strangers, each exchange showing us that there is much more to Oscar than meets the eye. But it would be his final encounter of the day, with police officers at the Fruitvale BART station that would shake the Bay Area to its very core, and cause the entire nation to be witnesses to the story of Oscar Grant.

AWARDS

• African-American Film Critics Association
• American Film Institute
• Austin Film Critics Association
• Boston Online Film Critics Association
• Cannes Film Festival
• Carmel Art and Film Festival
• Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association
• Deauville American Film Festival x2
• Gotham Awards x2
• Hollywood Film Festival
• Humanitas Prize
• Independent Spirit Awards
• Las Vegas Film Critics Society
• NAACP Image Awards
• Nantucket Film Festival
• National Board of Review x4
• New York Film Critics Circle
• New York Film Critics Online
• Producers Guild of America
• San Francisco Film Critics Circle
• Santa Barbara International Film Festival
• Satellite Awards x2
• Stockholm International Film Festival
• Sundance Film Festival x2
• Traverse City Film Festival
• Zurich Film Festival