Strong Island

Strong Island

2017•1h 47m•6.4/10

Documentary

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.4/10(95)

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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Production

Final Cut for Real, yanceville films, Louverture Films, JustFilms / Ford Foundation, Chicken & Egg Films, Field of Vision

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Yance Ford

Yance Ford

Himself

Harvey Walker

Himself

Kevin Myers

Himself

Barbara Dunmore Ford

Herself

Lauren Ford

Herself

David Breen

Himself

Ed Boyar

Himself

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