Oscar Grant’s family on the Chauvin conviction: ‘This is huge. We’ve been let down so many times’
Oscar Grant’s death in 2009 in Oakland, California, was the first high-profile killing by police caught on cellphone video that went viral
January 2015
Ferguson, Selma and a mood for change
Fifty years since Martin Luther King marched in Alabama, Gary Younge talks to the team behind new film Selma about why it resonates today
December 2014
2014: the year that black cinema bounced back in America
Selma’s release caps an interesting 18 months for black cinema, a period when filmmakers got back to to telling complex, honest and unflinching stories about life in America
November 2014
Selma and Fruitvale Station directors lead Black Friday protest over Ferguson
Ava DuVernay and Ryan Coogler urging consumers to express their solidarity with Ferguson protesters by not engaging in retail activities on day after Thanksgiving
October 2014
Guy Lodge's streaming and DVDs
DVDs and downloads: Fruitvale Station, Devil’s Knot, Omar – and more
Ryan Coogler and Atom Egoyan struggle with their tales of true crime, writes Guy Lodge
August 2014
Reel history
Fruitvale Station: quiet and unassuming but a significant story
This brilliant film sticks closely to the known facts about one unlawful killing in 2009, but is part of a wider, ever relevant story about the treatment of young black men in America
July 2014
California jury rejects father's claim to damages in Fruitvale Station suit
Oscar Grant's father, serving sentence for 1985 killing, is rejected unanimously in his claim for damages after son's fatal shooting
June 2014
Fruitvale Station review – chilling account of US police brutality
Michael B Jordan is impressive in this solid dramatisation of the shooting of Oscar Grant, writes Mark Kermode
Fruitvale Station's Michael B Jordan: 'African-Americans aren't allowed to be real people'
The star of this controversial new film about the police shooting of a young black man explains how it throws a spotlight on everyday racism
The Guardian film show
22 Jump Street, Fruitvale Station, When I Saw You and Pulp: A Film About Life, Death and Supermarkets – Guardian Film Show video review
Fruitvale Station review – a tough and moving drama
Fruitvale Station gives Oscar Grant his humanity back
August 2013
Oscar predictions 2014
Oscar predictions 2014: Fruitvale Station
It was the Sundance hit that went to Cannes. It features an imperiled African American underclass and trigger-happy authorities. It's this year's Beasts of the Southern Wild, with more facts and fewer aurochs
July 2013
Fruitvale Station's success a 'surprise' for first-time director Ryan Coogler
Fruitvale Station: film based on 2008 killing echoes Trayvon Martin case
May 2013
Cannes 2013: Fruitvale Station – review
Cannes film festival diary
Cannes film festival 2013 diary: day two
January 2013
Fruitvale and Blood Brother winners at Sundance awards 2013
Fruitvale won both the dramatic jury and audience awards, while Blood Brother did the same in the documentary categories
