2017 · documentary
Strong Island (2017)
Directed by Yance Ford1h 47m2017
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.
Our read: Strong Island (2017) (2017) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded documentary entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, measured, measured documentary, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
- heavy
- measured
- intense
- bleak
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