Michael Jordan Fruitvale Station

Michael B. Jordan, an actor who got his start when he was just 12 years old, is earning rave reviews for his portrayal of Oscar Grant III in "Fruitvale Station, " a film that tells the true story of a young father shot to death by a transit officer at an Oakland, Calif., subway stop in 2009. The tragic event was captured on a cell phone camera and the video quickly spread around the Internet. Jordan was one of the countless who watched.

Jordan acknowledges he held pushing "play" from the video clip, trying to make feeling of what he saw. "we saw it most likely more times than i will, only looking for reasons, " he claims. "Like, just what did [Grant] do to need becoming shot?"

In the depiction of give in "Fruitvale Station, " Jordan says both he additionally the film's director, Ryan Coogler, put down aided by the clear objective to exhibit a different sort of dimension to give, specifically their mankind. "needless to say he made errors. He was flawed. I believe we are all flawed, " Jordan states. "But we only wanted to show all those edges."

The movie also incorporates a scene where Jordan's character discovers a dying dog on the street and comforts the animal that others had left for lifeless. For Jordan, the scene was symbolic of exactly how African-American men are understood in today's culture.

"Ebony males, our company is America's pit bull terrier. We are labeled vicious, inhumane and left to die on the street, " Jordan says. "Oscar was sorts of remaining for dead. Numerous folks younger African-American males remaining for dead... We have branded lots to be vicious, perhaps not human being, therefore we desired to show the humanity."