Strong Island (2017)

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   Siskoid

   Strong Island definitely falls into the category of documentaries I call "Passionate Eye", because while it seeks answers about the death of a young black man in the early 1990s and how the justice system failed to even bring his killer to trial, it can be better understood as a journal (indeed, it uses the victim's own at times) or memoir. The victim was the film maker's brother, and Yance Ford gives ample context - something often missing from news stories of this type - to craft what should be the last word on his brother, show where he came from and where he was heading, and explore the impact on his family. Regardless, Ford is very honest with the investigation and, rather shockingly, with himself. Strong Island creates a touching portrait of a wrongful death, extending back to the victim's origins and forward to the ends of the shadow he cast. Unlike a traditional documentary, it is incredibly personal, but we do need to stop looking at such cases as statistics, and rather as real people. 6 years 2 months ago
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   nbats

   https://youtu.be/hdmm4m3ft3Y 11 months 1 week ago

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