Examples Of Manhood In Fruitvale Station

The manhood of Fruitvale Station Ryan Coogler’s Fruitvale Station (2013) is a biographical drama film based on Oscar Grant’s tragedy. This film intends to empathize with Oscar Grant and for his life to still hold validity as a Black man. This is regardless of if he bore children or belonged to anyone regarding his manhood via editing and character dialogue. As a dark-skinned man, he falls victim to the trope of black men’s weaponization; he does not have the privilege to be treated as gently as white men but is cast aside and labeled as ‘dangerous.’ By referring to his manhood throughout the film, Oscar becomes more humane. His life is more tangible to the audience, as it should’ve never been stolen from him. Twenty-two-year-old father,

Because Coogler doesn’t want this lovely couple to suffer on Judgement Day, there are no images. This is because it is easy to pass judgment when you watch someone speaking about their unattainable resolutions when it is real and true to them. This shared auditory conversation is intimate to the couple and the audience. This is because it is vulnerable to expressing how you feel and intend to act on it. To keep her commitment, Sophina explains to him that “It only takes 30 days to form a habit and then it becomes second nature,”. When Oscar tells Sophina that he devoted himself to not selling drugs, her quote was used in his defense to establish his legitimacy when he dumped them in the

The camera follows Oscar to greet his boss ‘Good morning,’ to which a two-shot is performed to achieve shared intimacy between the two characters. Emmy, his boss, turns around briefly, acknowledging him before returning to taking inventory of the grocery items on the shelves. Oscar clues him on his list for his mother’s birthday, to which his boss tells him that he hopes he finds everything he needs. In light of his boss’ kind demeanor, he takes this opportunity to win him over for a reconsideration of his employment status. A dolly shot for the pair as Oscar anxiously follows his boss; his boss is positioned in front of Oscar, taking inventory. In the background, the audience sees Oscar, anxious and frantic, with uncertainty in his voice as he brings up the topic of his career. He clutches his black beanie in his hands. His eyebrows are knitted, which are tell-tale signs of nervousness and apprehension. Oscar’s eyes grow wide in adornment to his boss as he listens to him. The opinion of his boss matters to him much like his mother’s. It is connoted by the film (and audience) that Emmy took a risk on hiring Oscar given his past incarceration, thus adding to his desire to be ‘good’ and regarded as so. The two-shot and dolly shot to aid in the understanding of Oscar as a character of his intention to revert to his unholiness of drug