Yance Ford
Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024
Filmmaker Yance Ford was in a "Sundance haze" when he took a meeting with Netflix following the premiere of "Strong Island" in 2017. The streamer was still somewhat new in the original documentary space at that point, but had made several big splashes with docs as different as "The Square,"...
Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018
In the Oscar-nominated documentary "Strong Island," Yance Ford stares back at the camera with profound sorrow and calm resilience.
"Strong Island," a Netflix release, is Ford's investigation into the killing of his brother, William Ford, in 1992 in Central Islip, New York. Ford, a 22-year...