When African-American William Ford Jr. was murdered in New York's affluent Suffolk County in 1992, a grand jury declined to indict the nineteen year old man who was accused of the crime. The victim's brother Yance, a film-maker, spends the next couple of hours trying to establish whether this all-white jury (in a area where 85%+ of the population are white/white Hispanic) determined not to charge the accused because…
Examining the violent death of the filmmaker’s brother and the judicial system that allowed his killer to go free, this documentary interrogates murderous fear and racialized perception, and re-imagines the wreckage in catastrophe’s wake, challenging us to change.
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Yance Ford
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Harvey Walker
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Kevin Myers
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Barbara Dunmore Ford
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Lauren Ford
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David Breen
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Ed Boyar
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What is Strong Island about?
Examining the violent death of the filmmaker’s brother and the judicial system that allowed his killer to go free, this documentary interrogates murderous fear and racialized perception, and re-imagines the wreckage in catastrophe’s wake, challenging us to change.
When was Strong Island released?
Strong Island was released in 2017.
What genres does Strong Island belong to?
Strong Island is categorised as Documentary.
Who stars in Strong Island?
The cast of Strong Island includes Yance Ford, Harvey Walker, Kevin Myers, Barbara Dunmore Ford, Lauren Ford.