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‘Fruitvale Station’ Is a Powerful Film That Demands to Be Viewed and Discussed
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‘Fruitvale Station’ Is a Powerful Film That Demands to Be Viewed and Discussed

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Jon Lisi
/ 16 January 2014
To what extent is Grant responsible for his life, and to what extent is he a product of a larger culture and society that thrives and survives on the institutional racism against African-Americans?
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‘Fruitvale Station’ Captures a Dissolving Life In a Cell Phone Image

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Cynthia Fuchs
/ 12 July 2013
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The New Classics – The 30 Best Films of 2008

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/ 15 January 2009
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Nothing Like the Holidays

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Cynthia Fuchs
/ 14 December 2008
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Talk, Talk, Talk: November 2008

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Bill Gibron
/ 10 September 2008
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Be Kind Rewind

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/ 22 February 2008
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Raising Victor Vargas: Special Edition (2003)

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/ 23 August 2004
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Raising Victor Vargas (2003)

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/ 25 August 2003
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Raising Victor Vargas (2003)

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/ 24 April 2003

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