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Strong Island

– by Yance Ford

    1. Nonfiction

    2. Date Awarded: Summer 2009

    3. Directors(s): Yance Ford

    1. Producer(s): Esther Robinson

    2. Company Credit: Yanceville Films

    3. Location: USA

    1. Film Status: Pre-Production

About the Film:

Seventeen years ago, the violent death of her brother drove the director’s middle class black family into a crippling silence. Untangling the complexities of race, fear and jurisprudence, STRONG ISLAND is a personal investigation that examines how the collision of these forces led to a singular devastating outcome.

About the Filmmakers:

Yance Ford – (Director) is Series Producer of P.O.V. and has been instrumental in curating the acclaimed documentary film series on PBS since 2002. Yance is also a Programming Associate, Documentary Features, for the Sundance Film Festival. A graduate of Hamilton College and the production workshop at Third World Newsreel, Strong Island is her first film.