The forces of family, grief and racial injustice converge in this Oscar-nominated
documentary exploring the murder of filmmaker Yance Ford's brother.
Netflix. “Strong Island.” Accessed August 9, 2022. https://www.netflix.com/title/80168230.
Strong Island is an American 2017 true-crime documentary film directed by Yance Ford.
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.
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.
“Strong Island.” In Wikipedia, July 7, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Strong_Island_(film)&oldid=1096915278.
