festive cheer: a melancholy film about embracing everyday life
something to keep in mind at the new beginning the turn of the year affords us
In the early hours of New Year’s Day 2009, Oscar Grant was fatally shot by a police officer at Fruitvale Station in San Francisco’s BART transit system. His killing, which was captured on video by bystanders, was the spark that ignited the modern era of activism that would become the Black Lives Matter movement.
Given that, you might not expect director …