directed by: Yance Ford, year: 2012
actors: Yance Ford

Strong Island is a lyrical, immersive documentary by Yance Ford that uses archival footage, interviews and personal testimony to explore the 1992 murder of Ford’s brother in Long Island and the ways race and memory shape the pursuit of truth. Through intimate reflections, investigative narration, and meticulous montage, the film interrogates how communities, media and family history construct narratives of innocence and culpability, revealing violence and systemic bias at the heart of American life.

African American Cinema, Documentary, Memoir, Investigative, Race Relations, Memory, Social Justice