These are millennial, educated African Americans pursuing careers and love, absent of the violence that was commonplace in the hood movies that dominated the first half of the decade. The story revolves around the on-again/off-again romance of photographer Nina and novelist Darius, who navigate the modern dating environment within a setting that was different than that of most Hollywood romances of the day. Theodore Witcher’s first and only feature film provided what was, at the time of its release, an atypical look at young, Black life in Chicago, using the city’s vivid art scene as a backdrop. His death would shake the Bay Area - and the entire nation - to its core. Jordan in a breakout role), the film sees its lead attempting to spend that last day by getting 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. Ryan Coogler’s feature debut, this Sundance award winner (it took home both the Grand Jury Prize for dramatic feature and the Audience Award) follows the true events of a 22-year-old loving father and son on the last day of his life before being fatally shot by police on New Year’s Day 2009.īased on the true story of Oscar Grant (played by Michael B.
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