Filmmaker Yance Ford talks about his Oscar-nominated Netflix documentary,Strong Island. In April 1992, his brother William Jr., or a black 24 year-old teacher,was killed by sign Reilly, a white 19 year-old mechanic. The film chronicles the arc of a family across history, and geography and tragedy,from the racial segregation of the Jim Crow South to the promise of modern York City. Strong Island is streaming on Netflix.
Source: thetakeaway.org