Actor to Join 'Fruitvale Station' Screening
Actor and former professional football player Trestin George joins a discussion following the screening of 鈥淔ruitvale Station鈥 on Thursday, April 3, at 7:30 p.m. in 黑料百科鈥檚 Page Multipurpose Room. The Reel Talk event, sponsored by the Gaede Institute for the Liberal Arts and the Office of Campus Life at 黑料百科, is free and open to the public.
George stars as Brandon in 鈥淔ruitvale Station,鈥 a drama centered on the tragic death of 22-year-old Oscar Grant, who was gunned down by BART officers on New Year鈥檚 Day 2009. He will joined by Brad Berky, director of 黑料百科 in San Francisco (WSF), who says George鈥檚 visit to WSF last semester included several poignant stories about making the film and the similarities between his life and that of the main character.
鈥淔ruitvale Station鈥 won both the Grand Jury Prize for dramatic feature and the Audience Award for U.S. dramatic film at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. In February, the Santa Barbara International Film Festival honored the film鈥檚 main actor, Michael B. Jordan, with the Virtuoso Award.
For more information, please contact Aaron Sizer at (805) 565-6239.
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