'Fruitvale Station' Is Loose With The Facts In An Effort To Elicit Sympathy For Oscar Grant Harvey Weinstein’s big Oscar hopeful this summer is “Fruitvale Station,” a true story about the fatal Oakland shooting of an unarmed young black man that arrived with almost miraculous timing. Hitting theaters just as the jurors in the George Zimmerman trial were deliberating. the film won the two top prizes at the Sundance Film Festival and has become a cause celebre among critics. Activists ...
July 25, 2013 - Forbes