Strong Island

January. 23,2017      
Rating:
6.4
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Yance Ford as  Himself

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