Strong Island

William, the brother of the filmmaker Yance Ford brother was killed 25 years ago in a neighborhood of Long Island, by a white mechanic after a complaint that spiraled violently out of control. Yanci travels back in time, when he was still a girl, and initiates his own research, not to subvert the unfair verdict of the jury, but to make us feel pain, violence and racism under our skin, no matter its color. As the director narrates his devastating story, looking us straight in the eyes through the camera lens, he invents a startling cinematic language.
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Script: Yance Ford
Cinematography: Alan Jacobsen
Editing: Janus Billeskov Jansen
Sound: JT Takagi
Music: Hildur Gu?nadottir
Production: Yanceville Films
Producers: Joslyn Barnes
Narration: Yance Ford
Format: Color
Production Country: USA
Production Year: 2017
Duration: 107
Contact: Doc&Film International h.horner@docandfilm.com
Awards
?Special Jury Award (US Documentary) – Sundance FF 2017, USA

Yance Ford

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