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Jan 26, 2017 · One moment Strong Island is an investigation, the next a personal essay in grief: the combination is a complicated form of documentary few could pull off. But that is its strength: audiences can ...
Oct 10, 2017 · Ford explores this experience in his new Netflix documentary Strong Island. Set in Central Islip, New York, Strong Island tells the story of William Ford, Jr., a young black man gunned down by a white auto repair shop employee in April 1992. On paper, the Suffolk County Police Department filed the case as a homicide.
Parents say: ( 1 ): Kids say: Not yet rated Rate movie. What makes Strong Island a truly unforgettable documentary is how it conveys the racism of America in both deeply historical and deeply personal terms. Instead of focusing exclusively on the central incident of the movie -- the racial injustice in the shooting death of filmmaker Yance Ford ...
The forces of family, grief and racial injustice converge in this Oscar-nominated documentary exploring the murder of filmmaker Yance Ford's brother. Watch trailers & learn more.
The forces of family, grief and racial injustice converge in this Oscar-nominated documentary exploring the murder of filmmaker Yance Ford's brother. Watch trailers & learn more.
Strong Island examines the violent death of the filmmaker’s brother 25 years ago, and the judicial system that allowed his killer to go free. The film calls us to bear witness to the reality rather than the abstraction of injustice, going beyond interviews into the homes of those left behind, into profound crises of civic faith. Strong Island interrogates murderous fear, racialized ...
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