Ivan Ramirez

English 1A

3/3/14

Response 1

                The latest movie that I have seen I one of my classes was Fruitvale station by Ryan Coogler. It was for my first year seminar class last semester and we didn’t choose it. We had to write a cultural paper and that movie was what our paper was supposed to be about. I believe that Fruitvale station had many different messages and everybody has their own message that they got from the movie. The message that I got from it is that we have to stand up for each other and unite as one when bad things occur. After the incident that happened at the Bart station everybody stood up and let their voice be heard, there were many riots, and strikes that just showed how everybody was affected by the young man’s death. It was a movement against racism that everyone was speaking out too. There were many major events that happened throughout the movie, but the biggest part had to be the part were Oscar Grant, the main character, got shot in the back and ultimately died. He was a father who was trying to change is life and his life fatally ended one night on his way back home. This movie relates to me and many other people because it has to do with racism. I have personally gone through a lot of racism throughout my life since I am Mexican and many other people have gone through it too, no matter of what descent. There is still a lot of racism around the world which is how it relates to current events. I have seen many movies about racism but never one like this. I have only seen this movie once and haven’t seen many movies exactly like this one. Overall I really enjoyed this movie a lot and I recommend anybody who has not watched it, to watch it. I like it because it delivers a strong message and it allows you to see things in a different perspective.