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Police-involved shooting of a young black man in oakland. >> oh, my god. oh, my god. what did you do to him? did you [ bleep ] kill him? what did you do to him? >> the resident bay area, he's able to bring a certain approach and a focus to these issues because it's local but it's also universal. >> ryan cougler's really amazing because you go from this intimate, powerful story beautifully told. remember when the word was getting around he wanted to do his own "rocky" movie. >> one step at a time, one punch at a time, one round at a time. >> in taking on that story and writing it and directing ...

Denigrates you. >> been waiting for your ass. >> it is so intuitively intimate about the character. it says so much in the subtlest ways and the little moments that seem to be fleeting but that become part of the baggage that you carry through your entire life. ♪ >> who gets to tell these stories? that's become important. there's a sense that you want women to tell women's stories, you want people of color to be able to tell their own stories. it literally is kind of changing the complexion of hollywood. >> what's that? >> hey! >> ryan cougler first gets attention about the