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Strong Island is an American 2017 true-crime documentary film directed by Yance Ford . Synopsis. The film centers on the April 1992 murder of Ford's brother William, a 24-year-old African-American teacher in New York, who was shot and killed by Mark P. Reilly, a 19-year-old white chop shop mechanic.
The forces of family, grief and racial injustice converge in this Oscar-nominated documentary exploring the murder of filmmaker Yance Ford's brother.Watch St...
Sep 7, 2017 · William Ford Jr.'s 1992 shooting death motivated a 10-year quest for answers by his documentarian brother, Yance. Twenty-five years ago, with one fatal bullet to the heart, a family on Long...
Sep 15, 2017 · "Strong Island" is both personal memoir and factual investigation into the sketchy circumstances under which his brother was murdered, seemingly in cold blood, by a white car mechanic. Formal in its style, "Strong Island" has an urgency underlying every scene.
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.
Sep 15, 2017 · Strong Island: Directed by Yance Ford. With Yance Ford, Harvey Walker, Kevin Myers, Lauren Ford. When filmmaker Yance Ford investigates the 1992 murder of a young Black man, it becomes an achingly personal journey, since the victim, 24-year-old William Ford Jr., was the filmmaker's brother.
Strong Island chronicles the arc of a family across history, geography and tragedy - from the racial segregation of the Jim Crow South to the promise of New York City; from the presumed safety of middle class suburbs, to the maelstrom of an unexpected, violent death.
