Fruitvale Station
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Fruitvale Station is a 2013 American drama film that chronicles the last day in the life of Oscar Grant, a young Black man fatally shot by transit police in Oakland, California.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fruitvale Station canonical | 22 |
| Fruitvale Station (film) | 1 |
| Oscar Grant in Fruitvale Station | 1 |
| independent film Fruitvale Station | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2353037 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fruitvale Station Context triple: [Ryan Coogler, notableWork, Fruitvale Station]
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A.
The Thin Blue Line
The Thin Blue Line is a British sitcom starring Rowan Atkinson as an inept yet well-meaning police inspector in a small-town police station.
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B.
Selma
Selma is a historic city in central Alabama best known as a key site of the American civil rights movement, particularly the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery marches.
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C.
Selma
Selma is a small agricultural city in California’s San Joaquin Valley, known for its raisin production and location within Fresno County.
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D.
Fruitvale
Fruitvale is a vibrant, historically Latino neighborhood in Oakland, California, known for its cultural festivals, diverse community, and bustling commercial district centered around International Boulevard.
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E.
Fruitvale Transit Village
Fruitvale Transit Village is a mixed-use, transit-oriented development in Oakland, California, known for integrating housing, retail, and community services around the Fruitvale BART station to support a vibrant, walkable neighborhood.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fruitvale Station Target entity description: Fruitvale Station is a 2013 American drama film that chronicles the last day in the life of Oscar Grant, a young Black man fatally shot by transit police in Oakland, California.
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A.
The Thin Blue Line
The Thin Blue Line is a British sitcom starring Rowan Atkinson as an inept yet well-meaning police inspector in a small-town police station.
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B.
Selma
Selma is a historic city in central Alabama best known as a key site of the American civil rights movement, particularly the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery marches.
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C.
Selma
Selma is a small agricultural city in California’s San Joaquin Valley, known for its raisin production and location within Fresno County.
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D.
Fruitvale
Fruitvale is a vibrant, historically Latino neighborhood in Oakland, California, known for its cultural festivals, diverse community, and bustling commercial district centered around International Boulevard.
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E.
Fruitvale Transit Village
Fruitvale Transit Village is a mixed-use, transit-oriented development in Oakland, California, known for integrating housing, retail, and community services around the Fruitvale BART station to support a vibrant, walkable neighborhood.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American drama film
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film ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic (Sundance Film Festival)
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Best First Feature (Independent Spirit Awards) ⓘ Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic (Sundance Film Festival) ⓘ |
| basedOn | killing of Oscar Grant ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Rachel Morrison ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| depictsEvent |
New Year's Day 2009 shooting of Oscar Grant at Fruitvale BART Station
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linked to:
Fruitvale BART station
|
| director | Ryan Coogler ⓘ |
| distributedIn |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| distributor | The Weinstein Company ⓘ |
| editedBy |
Claudia Castello
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Michael P. Shawver ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Oakland, California
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linked to:
Oakland
|
| genre |
biographical film
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drama film ⓘ independent film ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
criminal justice system in the United States
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family relationships ⓘ systemic racism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Oscar Grant ⓘ |
| MPAARating | R ⓘ |
| musicBy | Ludwig Göransson ⓘ |
| notableFor | directorial debut of Ryan Coogler ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays |
police brutality
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racial profiling ⓘ shooting of Oscar Grant ⓘ |
| premieredAt | Sundance Film Festival ⓘ |
| producer |
Forest Whitaker
ⓘ
Nina Yang Bongiovi ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2013-01-19 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2013 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 85 ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Bay Area Rapid Transit system
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linked to:
BART
Oakland, California ⓘ
linked to:
Oakland
|
| starring |
Ahna O'Reilly
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Ariana Neal ⓘ Chad Michael Murray ⓘ Kevin Durand ⓘ Melonie Diaz ⓘ Michael B. Jordan ⓘ Octavia Spencer ⓘ |
| subject | life of Oscar Grant ⓘ |
| theatricalReleaseDate | 2013-07-12 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 2008 ⓘ |
| title | Fruitvale Station ⓘ |
| writer | Ryan Coogler ⓘ |
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Subject: Fruitvale Station Description of subject: Fruitvale Station is a 2013 American drama film that chronicles the last day in the life of Oscar Grant, a young Black man fatally shot by transit police in Oakland, California.
Referenced by (25)
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