Fruitvale Station Essay

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Fruitvale Station is one of the most endearing drama genre films, that reflects the injustice murder of Oscar Grant, an innocent black man taken inhumanly by the mercy of law enforcement. The film is based on a true story, the last 24 hours in the life of Oscar Grant everything he did and everything that occurred, moments before his life would be taken from him. From my perspective the intention of this film is to consider the real person behind the event and the tragedy his family felt and had to face, due to systematic racism. We live in a society of deeply entrenched, systematic racism, in which a tragedy like this, happens to several innocent human beings. Due to their skin color,race,and background. Also, this film speaks justices for …show more content…

Jordan who portrays Oscar Grant, is demonstrated as a hero in a way. Heroes in films usually have a goal or want something, but have a challenging time obtaining it, due to obstacles getting in their way. Also, someone we can connect with or feel sympathetic towards. Additionally, the character has to be brave and act like it, in order for the audience to want to cheer him or her own their struggles. Also, how far the character is willing to go to get it. Therefore,Oscar Grant is a hero in the film, he’s a young man who is struggling to do right by his family, with some success where it really matters. He wanted to change for his loved ones and he was trying even with the obstacles that were thrown at him and even when they were hard to overcome. Moreover, he was a good father to his four year old daughter Tatiana, a good friend, and wanted to be a better man for his mother and girlfriend, as well. Oscar, struggled with money, there’s a scene in the movie where his sister calls him to ask him to lend her a hand with rent. He had lost his job, he was jobless and rent was due for him, as well, but he never said no to his sister. Oscar, did the opposite and said he would help her. Additionally, there was another scene where it demonstrates how Oscar never stopped trying, where he begs the police officers to let him go and not do anything to him, that he had a four year old daughter at home waiting for him to come home. A four …show more content…

This movie portrayed an important concept, What can we do about this? It opens our eyes to, that we are the change. When we see something wrong, speak up, speak up for justice. To never stay quiet for justice. To not invite stereotyping, discrimination, and even violence against people who are different from us. We are better than not, and we are only hurting us human beings. What I learned from this assignment was there’s more to just watching a movie, that there’s a meaning to a movie. It’s interesting analyzing a film because there might be an important concept behind the movie like Fruitvale Station happened to have. Also,the elements being used and archetypes in order for the film to be displayed that certain way. I actually enjoyed this assignment, this has to be one of my favorites, I found it interesting and not dragging to do. I will move forward by now picking up to all this when I watch a movie next

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