Presented as part of Bijou Film Forum - In cooperation with various UI departments and organizations, the Bijou Film Board presents special screenings and discussions of acclaimed and provocative films.

Free for UI students with valid ID. $5 for the general public.

DIALOGUE: Post-screening discussion with members of the Black Voices Project and the Coalition for Racial Justice.

"A deeply moving drama played out on the small stage of ordinary people's lives." --Simon Braund, Empire Magazine

"An unstoppable cinematic force." --Rolling Stone

FRUITVALE STATION

Winner of both the Grand Jury Prize for dramatic feature and the Audience Award for U.S. dramatic film at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, director Ryan Coogler's FRUITVALE STATION follows the true story of Oscar Grant (Michael B. Jordan), 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 (Octavia Spencer), whose birthday falls on New Year's Eve, being a better partner to his girlfriend Sophina (Melonie Diaz), who he hasn't been completely honest with as of late, and being a better father to Tatiana (Ariana Neal), their beautiful four year-old daughter. Crossing paths with friends, family, and strangers, Oscar starts out well, but as the day goes on, he realizes that change is not going to come easily. His resolve takes a tragic turn, however, when BART officers shoot him in cold blood at the Fruitvale subway stop on New Year's Day. Oscar's life and tragic death would shake the Bay Area--and the entire nation--to its very core.