VIDEO : 'The Hate U Give' Brings Black Lives Matter To The Big Screen

Angie Thomas? young adult novel **The Hate U Give** has been turned into a movie.
The film follows a 16-year-old girl whose friend is fatally shot after he?s pulled over for not signaling a turn.
The novel was inspired by the shooting of Oscar Grant III in Oakland, California in 2009.
Grant was an African-American 22-year-old who was shot by a white transit police officer.
?This film will empower a lot of people and give them hope. ... I think it?s going to open a lot of eyes and change a lot of perspectives, and hopefully help people understand why we say ?black lives matter? so that eventually we won?t have to say it." Angie Thomas