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July 24, 2018 In April 1992, black 24-year-old teacher William Ford Jr. was gunned down by Mark Reilly, a white 19 year-old mechanic. | Copyright © Fandango. My sister is my best friend.

Cinemark ... Reilly claimed self-defense and Ford said an all-white grand jury declined to indict Reilly. Mark Reilly, Music Department: Berenice.

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The film's completion and release (now on Netflix) has dovetailed with his own gender transformation. One night in April 1992, William Ford Jr, a 24-year-old African American, was shot dead by Mark Reilly, a young white mechanic. | “My brother, William, wasn’t perfect but he was human, and his humanity is the thing that was denied him from the beginning of the process through the end.” https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/14/movies/strong-island-review.html | Director Yance Ford’s brother William Ford Jr was killed by a gunshot to the heart in a car repair garage in Long Island in 1992.William’s murderer, 19-year-old white mechanic Mark Reilly, walked free after minimal investigation.Over the course of ten years, Ford has made the documentary Strong Island, his profoundly personal first feature, to tell his brother’s story. Strong Island becomes a steady stream of revelations perfectly timed to completely transform everything we have just learned. Cinemark

... Mark Reilly, then brought out a .22-caliber rifle and shot the unarmed Ford Jr. in the chest. Ford was unarmed. July 24, 2018

| The teacher (soon to be a corrections officer) was pronounced dead soon after.For the past ten years, director Yance Ford has been investigating his family's story and the events that unfurled following his brother's murder. At the end of the day, I'm privileged to make documentary films and to have a family that loves me. Just below that it reads "Ticket Confirmation#:" followed by a 10-digit number.

Netflix What Ford is trying to do with Strong Island is make his family's history visible once again, to give it the clarity and focus that were taken away.

“William’s death killed his family along with their dreams and aspirations.”“This film allowed me to interrogate and ask questions,” he explains. | Just confirm how you got your ticket.Fandango People is on Community!

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September 15, 2017 I was speechless for a few hours after watching this compelling documentary about injustice and its effect. Yance Ford’s extraordinarily dramatic documentary is both personal and investigative. He had gone to Reilly’s Long Island … Documentary Although … Gotham Independent 2017 Award Winners: Just leave us a message Please reference “Error Code 2121” when contacting customer service.You're almost there!