"Strong Island" is one of the worst documentary features I have come across in many years. I wanted this to be The Thin Blue Line.

Sep 28, 2017 - This Pin was discovered by Ted Fisher. It's the story of a family and friends still dealing with the grief, the loss and most of all, the injustice and inability to do anything about it. 'Strong Island' clearly divides people. A Oscar nominated documentary from 2017.




I don't think it's as bad as some make out, but rather a touchingly honest and reflective account of how a family unravelled in the aftermath of a tragedy. I believe in black lives matter, white privilege, systemic racism, the injustice with which black men are treated...and I still don't like this decent looking, well-intentioned, but overtly manipulative doc.

And he produced and directed this movie which is about as personal a film anyone could ever make, a film investigating the 1992 murder of his brother, William Ford.



It just felt like rage. your own Pins on Pinterest Here are the fact of the case: Reilly insulted William Ford's mother. Yet none of us ever heard of the movie being released anywhere in any form. It's on Netflix and therefore likely buried under so many other true crime documentaries, but it's easily one of the better ones. We do need more of this kind of documentaries for us to feel each other's pain. Yes, he was a good man. William then made threats against Reilly, trespassed into Reilly's shop and started vandalizing his property. Don't get my wrong its a sad story, no one should be murdered and no one should have to deal with a death in family but I just couldn't help but feel this documentary was almost the director/producers way of dealing with it rather than it shedding any light on a given subject.



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There was parts talking about the struggle of coming to terms with sexuality and growing up which seemed completely irrelevant to the confusing story line that zigzagged at the speed of a snail.

So there must be something. A white man killed a black man, that much is true. Understandable, but not what I want in a doc. Unfortunately this was painted to be a compelling story of mis-justice that was then solved or at least contested but it was nothing more than a diary or almost autobiography of someone we'd never heard of. I am fully aware that instances of racial injustice are an everyday occurrence in the U.S, however the only way you will see one in this film is if you want to. 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. Discover (and save!) Unable to receive any satisfying information, she constructs a poetic memoir chronicling her parents movement from the Jim Crow South to New York City, her upbringing with her siblings, the death of her brother, and the dealing with the grief that consumes her family from his death.



Anybody who has read the synopsis knows this documentary is about the killing of young black man by a white man who was never convicted of his murder. LATEST HEADLINES.

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...For an enhanced browsing experience, get the IMDb app on your smartphone or tablet.Take a trip down memory lane with photos of high school TV and movie icons then and now, from This documentary turned out to be nothing more than people talking way too much.

Slow, prodding, and full of false assumptions. But it was deep to hear the stories of these people.

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That's a pretty high bar for a doc.

He was pause, pause, pause .......good.

e.g one of the reviews almost IMMEDIATELY flagging that the film maker is a transgender.....what does that have to do with ANYTHING?

Ari is a junior-high student who likes wrestling and lifting weights more than anything else.

5 out of 7 found this helpful His transgenderism is not central to the story but (as is the case with all members of the Ford family), adds to the overall verisimilitude of the narrative, highlighting a distinctive individuality. It never came out in the theaters (obviously) and it, as far as I knew, was never released on video, and I'm sure wasn't released on DVD. I implore others to watch it, and hopefully come out the other side a little more thoughtful and aware. The facts of the case were vague which increased the bad feelings in the family, but the father,s hopelessness from the start is heart breaking. Some questions left unanswered: Who was Lesline and did the family get the car back. Moving and incredibly honest portrayal of The Ford family's tragedies resulting from racial segregation. My brother and his girlfriend were extras in this movie.

The story was not compelling enough for me to continue watching or get through the weird close ups. Strong Island (2017) 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. He was indeed a good man. 3 out of 8 found this helpful

2 out of 5 found this helpful Ford grew up as a woman but more recently transitioned as a man. I am sorry for the agony these folks have gone thru and can understand the need to tell their story but this was not something I would recommend to my friends and family. But I was disappointed.


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