Oscar Grant / Fruitvale Station / Wallace from The Wire
bassie
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Really happy to see him get shine.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/07/11/michael-b-jordan-of-fruitvale-station-hollywood-s-new-leading-man.html
"In The Wire???s first season, Jordan played Wallace, a sympathetic teen drug dealer for the Barksdale Organization who wants out of ???the game.??? The 16-year-old???s demise is arguably the most devastating moment in the series.
More than a decade after that fateful scene aired, Jordan is back as another tragic hero. In Fruitvale Station, he plays Oscar Grant, a 22-year-old who, in the early morning hours of New Year???s Day 2009, was fatally shot in the back while being restrained by white BART police officers at a transit station in Oakland, Calif. The incident was caught on video by cellphone-wielding passers-by and immediately went viral, inciting protests and riots.
Fruitvale Station, directed by Ryan Coogler, recreates the last day of Grant???s life, including the time he spent with his mother, Wanda (Oscar winner Octavia Spencer), girlfriend Sophina (Melonie Diaz), and infant daughter. And Jordan, who appears in virtually every scene of the film, delivers a riveting, devastating performance. The Hollywood Reporter likened him to ???a young Denzel Washington.???
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/07/11/michael-b-jordan-of-fruitvale-station-hollywood-s-new-leading-man.html
"In The Wire???s first season, Jordan played Wallace, a sympathetic teen drug dealer for the Barksdale Organization who wants out of ???the game.??? The 16-year-old???s demise is arguably the most devastating moment in the series.
More than a decade after that fateful scene aired, Jordan is back as another tragic hero. In Fruitvale Station, he plays Oscar Grant, a 22-year-old who, in the early morning hours of New Year???s Day 2009, was fatally shot in the back while being restrained by white BART police officers at a transit station in Oakland, Calif. The incident was caught on video by cellphone-wielding passers-by and immediately went viral, inciting protests and riots.
Fruitvale Station, directed by Ryan Coogler, recreates the last day of Grant???s life, including the time he spent with his mother, Wanda (Oscar winner Octavia Spencer), girlfriend Sophina (Melonie Diaz), and infant daughter. And Jordan, who appears in virtually every scene of the film, delivers a riveting, devastating performance. The Hollywood Reporter likened him to ???a young Denzel Washington.???
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Fuck Mehserle forever.
It will totally depend on my mood with Fruitvale Station...and to a degree, how the Zimmerman trial ends up.
I also feel like I need to see Jordan in something where he comes out on top...something to cleanse the palate.
To put it bluntly, I have too much pent-up aggression and unresolved anti-authority feelings. Watching this would put me in a place I don't want to be, and too close to the line where I can lose control. I will definitely watch it at some point, but right now is not a good time for me to do that.
I know myself, sensei. That is one step. My life is composed of one step at a time. That is the secret of discipline. I think you understand, but have fallen off the path.
It is not possible to avoid the realities of our lives, but it is possible to ascribe to a philosophy that brings peace of mind and positivity to the world. I choose to do the latter. And honestly? I actually think you are a good man who feels that there needs to be a counterbalance to what you see people expressing on Soulstrut as a lax philosophy. But just between you and me? You and they are both right.
Fair enough. If nothing else comes from this, I want you to know I respect your viewpoint.
for me it's when Mike drops his little bro off with his aunt out in the county. I can't watch that shit.
I see Metreon, grand lake in Oakland, California in Berkeley. That was for a search for 94080 (peninsula). That's weird. Nothing down this way. Is it limited release right now?
yes very limited release. it's only in certain locations in the Bay Area, LA and NY as far as I understand.
Anyone else watching this season of Luther with Idris Elba (Stringer Bell from The Wire)?
If you like cop drama's with a dark side, check it out. Great show.