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Wikipedia article




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| director = Yance Ford

| producer = Joslyn Barnes
Yance Ford

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| music = Hildur Gunadttir

| cinematography = Alan Jacobsen

| editing = Janus Billeskov Jansen

| studio = Yanceville Films
Louverture Films

| distributor = Netflix

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| runtime = 107 minutes

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'Strong Island' is an American 2017 true-crime documentary film directed by Yance Ford.

Synopsis



The film centers on the April 1992 murder of Ford's brother William, a 24-year-old African-American teacher in New York, who was killed by Mark P. Reilly, a 19-year-old white chop shop mechanic. An all-white grand jury in Suffolk County declined to indict his killer, who claimed self-defense.

Release and reception



The film premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. Worldwide rights were acquired by Netflix. It received a Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Documentary in 2017 and was nominated for the 2018 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. It was also nominated for an Emmy in Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking that year.

It received generally positive reviews from critics. Inkoo Kang of 'TheWrap' said the film "is a demanding, wrenching watch; an important work." Bilge Ebiri of 'The Village Voice' said the film is "truly special, especially as it moves towards its final act... the film is unflinching in its portrayal of their devastation after the loss of their eldest son."

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