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Strong Island (2017)

TV-MA | | Documentary | 15 September 2017 (USA)
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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.

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Yance Ford

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Yance Ford, Harvey Walker, Kevin Myers | See full cast & crew »
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Cast

Credited cast:
Yance Ford ... Himself
Harvey Walker Harvey Walker ... Himself
Kevin Myers Kevin Myers ... Himself
Lauren Ford Lauren Ford ... Herself
David Breen David Breen ... Himself
Ed Boyar Ed Boyar ... Himself
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Barbara Dunmore Ford Barbara Dunmore Ford ... Herself
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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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Do You Know My Brother?

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USA | Denmark

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 September 2017 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Strong Island - A Morte do Meu Irmão See more »

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Yanceville Films, Louverture Films, Final Cut for Real See more »
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Premiered at Sundance in the same week of Donald Trump's inauguration. See more »

Quotes

Yance Ford: How do you measure the distance of reasonable fear?
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Connections

Referenced in Sean Bradley's First Reaction: 90th Academy Awards - Nominations (2018) See more »

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Strong Island
by J.V.C. F.O.R.C.E.
Album: Doin' Damage
Released: 1988 Genre: Hip-hop/rap
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6 March 2018 | by matthewssilverhammer – See all my reviews

I believe in black lives matter, white privilege, systemic racism, the injustice with which black men are treated...and I still don't like this decent looking, well-intentioned, but overtly manipulative doc.
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