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Strong Island
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Title: Strong Island

Release Date: 23 Jan 2017

Runtime: 1h 47m

Genre: Documentary

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

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

Overview: 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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Average Vote: 6.306 (90 votes)

Cast

  • Himself: Yance Ford
  • Himself: Harvey Walker
  • Himself: Kevin Myers
  • Herself: Barbara Dunmore Ford
  • Herself: Lauren Ford
  • Himself: David Breen
  • Himself: Ed Boyar
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