Join Facebook to connect with Mark P Reilly and others you may know. expected the repairs to take. return a true bill because her son was a black man. Ford observes to the camera, William Ford, Jr., became the prime suspect Reilly said he would fix the car,so long as a police report wasnt filed. happened to the Ford family afterward. . Ford was black. Directed by Ford's very own brother, the film is told from the viewpoint of Ford's family and shows how judicial systems are more of horror . Theres a sinuous internal rhythm to Strong Island, and every stylistic feels like it has been fully considered. 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I have never actually seen the face of the man who took my brothers life, he said, adding that he has no desire to do so. A summary of the case gives no Even more troubling, Yance continued, is how prevalent that thinking remains to this day. Ford had no weapon or history of violence. At the time that William was killed, Yance identified as a woman and hadnt yet come out as queer; that aspect of his life plays a role in the story. An all-white grand jury in Suffolk County declined to indict his killer, who claimed self-defense. it cuts across class lines. William Ford, Sr., The film centers on the April 1992 murder of Ford's brother William, a 24-year-old African-American teacher in New York, who was killed by Mark P. Reilly, a 19-year-old white chop shop mechanic. I cant help but ask the litmus test question, Ford said in a recent interview. He died before Yance Review: Strong Island Explores a Killing and Its Aftermath, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/14/movies/strong-island-review.html, Barbara Dunmore Ford, the mother of William Ford Jr., in an old family photo, as seen in the documentary Strong Island.. William Ford, a black man, was shot and killed at the age of 24 by a 19-year-old mechanic named Mark Reilly, at the auto shop where Ford's girlfriend's car was being repaired. Ford said he wanted to make his brother a three dimensional person rather than simply a statistic or a caricature. [4], The film premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. But he quickly went from victim to attacker in Reillys account, and from victim to suspect in the way police handled the case. 2023 Cond Nast. Strong Island explores the details of the case, the lives of William Ford and the mechanic, nineteen-year-old Mark P. Reilly, Reilly's claim of self-defense . I said to the officer, Where is my son? The second time he returned, Reilly killed him. Strong Island un documentario del 2017 diretto da candidato al premio Oscar al miglior documentario. That story is handed from person to person, tied together Where to watch: Netflix Baltimore Rising (2017, Documentary) unfamiliar car that often parked across the street from their house, and Something that actually does concern you, and your life., Privacy Policy |Terms of service |Subscription terms |Your ad choices |Cookie Settings |California Privacy Rights |About Us |Contact Newsday |Reprints & permissions |Advertise with Newsday |Help. His killer was white. She never asked them to be mindful or cautious of other peoples racism. He held a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Michigan and at Wayne State University from 1996 to 1999. protective her brother was, and that she was the first person to tell . Dont talk back; above all, college graduations, and photographs from the nineteen-seventies and William Ford, a 24-year-old African American who taught mathematics, was killed on April 7, 1992 in Central Islip. The Terrifying Car Crash That Inspired a Masterpiece. Ford was unarmed. The women said they had been disrespected and followed home by an employee of the garage. Strong Island un filme documental estadounidense-dinamarqus de 2017 dirixido por Yance Ford. He is the producer of Collider Movie Talk. [2][3] An all-white grand jury in Suffolk County declined to indict his killer, who claimed self-defense. passing on of necessary survival techniques. The fact that Reilly was never indicted was, if not remarkable, not a given in such situations. if they didnt file a police report. A white assistant district attorney in Brooklyn had What happened on that drive became part of literary history. It recounts the murder of Yance Ford's older brother William in 1992. I did William a This feature-length Oscar-nominated documentary tells the true story of the 1992 murder of William Ford, a 24-year-old black teacher in New York, who was killed by Mark P. Reilly, a 19-year-old white chop shop mechanic. The reason for the dismissal, according to filmmaker Yance Ford, is that William Ford was African-American and Reilly was white and so was the grand jury. A festival hit that won a special Jury Award at Sundance and also screened at the New Directors/New Films series in Manhattan, Strong Island begins streaming on Netflix and opens theatrically in Manhattan Friday. Yance Ford's "Strong Island" Is a Form of Justice By Darryl Pinckney September 19, 2017 On April 7, 1992, in Central Islip, a Long Island suburb of New York City, William Ford, Jr., a. The film centers on the April 1992 murder of Ford's brother William, a 24-year-old African-American teacher in New York, who was killed by Mark P. Reilly, a 19-year-old white chop shop mechanic. Dunmore Ford The film centers on the April 1992 murder of Ford's brother William, a 24-year-old African-American teacher in New York, who was killed by Mark P. Reilly, a 19-year-old white chop shop mechanic. Ab 12. Were Strong Island a strict procedural, that exclusion would be more glaring. An all-white grand jury in Suffolk County declined to indict his killer, who claimed self-defense. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. mothers ability to do anything, Yance Ford says, and the children were assured Yance Ford, the director of Strong Island, that he had left no stone unturned at the time; it was just an unfortunate thing.. LWLies Recommends, Review by Christina Newland from the University of Florida in 1989, his M.S. The film steadily undoes the faceless victim cliche, just as much as it revealsthe absurdity of the scary black man narrative. This film documents the April 1992 murder of Yance Ford's brother William Ford, a 24-year-old African-American teacher in New York, who was killed by Mark P. Reilly, a 19-year-old white chop shop mechanic. That includes himself. William Ford foi un mozo afroamericano de 24 anos que foi asasinado por Mark P. Reilly, un mecnico branco de 19 anos de Lake Grove, Nova York. Despite Ford being unarmed, Reilly. findings that, afraid for his life, he had shot Ford in self-defense. had a good time, while the parents labored to keep them in Catholic Dunmore Ford, an educator who founded Rosewood, a school for women on Ford usedthis pain to fuel a film, Strong Island, about his brothers life and death and the events that followed. tells a grand jury is crucial. Barbara Dunmore Ford remembers that They were doing everything other. William and Yances younger sister Lauren Ford remembers how Strong Island is the story of a black family that could not sustain happened. Strong Island is an American 2017 true-crime documentary film directed by Yance Ford. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement and Your California Privacy Rights. The movie won a special prize at the Sundance film festival in 2017 and has been singled out for praise by numerous publications. [6] It received a Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Documentary in 2017[7] and was nominated for the 2018 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. A truly harrowing watch, Oscar-nominated documentary Strong Island looks at the murder of 24-year-old William Ford Jr, back in 1992. Ab 12. event that becomes a part of story. The round pierced the heart of math teacher William Ford, then 24, on April 7, 1992. By clicking Sign up, you agree to our privacy policy. It was fired by 19-year-old mechanic Mark Reilly, who claimed he fired in self-defense. Im Rahmen der Oscarverleihung 2018 erfolgte ebenfalls eine Nominierung als bester Dokumentarfilm. 2. This is something youre going to be interested in, Ford says. But when he questioned the forces tactics, his life began to erode. If your answer is jail, or parole, then theres only one way to explain it.. had been neighborly; for her, Islip was moving back into a segregated by phone calls in the middle of the night, every night; nevertheless, Later in the day, Reillys tow truck had hit and damaged Fords car. Strong Island ist ein Dokumentarfilm von Yance Ford, der am 23. One night in April 1992, William Ford Jr, a 24-year-old African American, was shot dead by Mark Reilly, a young white mechanic. 2018, 120 minutes. Earlier that day, William had appeared as the star witness in a high-profile trial involving the shooting of a white assistant district attorney in Brooklyn who was shot during a holdup at an ATM. call this an irony. But in light of dozens more cases involving the deaths of unarmed black men, the details of William Fords story are tragically familiar. Februar 2017 wurde der Film im Panorama-Hauptprogramm der 67. Its a talk rooted in black history, and View the profiles of people named Mark P Reilly. The effort aims to guide and certify minority, women and disabled veteran union members seeking to launch their own businesses. https://www.rogerebert.com/interviews/weve-heard-this-story-before-yance-ford-on-strong-island, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Photo: Courtesy of Netflix. A harrowing, raw experience with a deeply intelligent internal rhythm. The grand jury declined There is no hint of Rodney King or the A single bullet forever changed the trajectory of the Fords, a middle-class family living on New York's Long Island. He adds with some pride, My folks went South-city-suburbs in one fell swoop.. What do you do when the segregation of nineteen-sixties Charleston, South Carolina. Berlinale vorgestellt. Here are home movies, sixteenth-birthday parties or Determined to improve their lives, Fords parents moved to Brooklyn in the 1960s and then, in 1972, claimed their share of the American dream by purchasing a home in Central Islip. The children to indict Reilly for manslaughter, accepting the district attorneys But racial animus was never far behind. after 9/11, to protect his new country. Prescient documentary filmmaking from a family-oriented perspective. Despite being murdered by a white 19-year-old, Mark P. Reilly, the all-white jury in the case decided not to charge him for his crime. Der Film ist eine Chronik der Umstnde, die zum gewaltsamen Tod seines Bruders William zwanzig Jahre zuvor fhrten, welche Auswirkung dessen Mord auf ihn und seine Familie hatten und wie das Rechtssystem in diesem Fall versagte, wodurch der Mrder freigelassen wurde. Strong Island is a 2017 documentary feature film directed by Yance Ford. [9], It received generally positive reviews from critics. Strong Island is an American 2017 true-crime documentary film directed by Yance Ford. Fords mother, Barbara Yance Fords hands shuffling the photographs, laying them out, and Yance The generational exchange that was once children to judge people by their character, not by the color of their to speak of it, even to the self. But I stopped and asked myself, why am I doing this? Ford says. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Cond Nast. portrayed in black drama as beaten-down old heads pleading with defiant, Strong Island is an American 2017 true-crime documentary film directed by Yance Ford. Update January 24, 2018: Strong Island has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, making Ford the first trans person to ever receive an Oscar . Fords mother, Barbara, grew up in South Carolina and recalls teaching her own mother, a tobacco-crop worker, how to read; her father, an asthmatic, waited so long for treatment in a segregated hospital that he died there. Most of the people who left the South during the Great Migration went from the South to the city and their kids would go from the city to the suburbs, Ford says. It takes an unswerving scalpel to the finer details of the case. His labor of love is to remind people that its not just about the Ford family. Long Island, in 1992, and William's killer, Mark Reilly, a white man, did not face charges. After an argument over the delays, physical threat they were. In the second installment of a political discussion series with the Public Theatre, David Remnick examines the future of Black Lives Matter with the activist Brittany Packnett. Dunmore Ford died during the making of the documentary, an Yance Fords extraordinarily dramatic documentary is both personal and investigative. Detectives seemed only interested in asking the friend how much he community. Ford again went to the auto shop and was killed. He is also the former 2 time Movie Trivia Schmoedown Champion. Essential, devastating viewing. the auto mechanic had had no reason to be fearful during either of his After that exchange, William saw the man who had followed his mother and girlfriend home, stepped around a corner to speak to him, and was shot in the chest by Reilly, Yance said. Little White Lies was established in 2005 as a bi-monthly print magazine committed to championing great movies and the talented people who make them. It received a Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Documentary in 2017 and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. theyd left behind in black history. become frustrated as a customer, forgetting all about inherited white Interviewed in her kitchen over long periods, she is articulate, warm, and insightful. Mark "Yodi" Reilly (born May 18, 1976) is a regular contributor on several shows on the Collider network. from the last pages of William Ford, Jr.,s journal, and from his Shed always avoided instilling fear or doubt about race into her kids. The larger implications of this injustice are never lost on Ford, who builds the autobiographical details of his family life as inextricable from the history of American racism. As the documentary The day he was killed, William Ford, Jr., had been a witness at a was herself a girl when she taught her own mother to read and write. Although the title evokes both the time and place of his brothers death, Ford says its also his attempt to grab the attention of a younger generation. Yance Ford, 2017, 97 min. Rikers Island, says in Strong Island that she will believe until her The Ford family were determined to raise their children in an environment where in Mrs Fords words character, not colour mattered most. What happened Barbara Ford? The Hollywood Reporter called the documentary absorbing and thought provoking and The New Yorker called it a brave, revealing film., Tagged with: Central Islip crime Law Oscar Strong Island William Ford Yance Ford. The But the all-white jury considering Williams killing failed to indict Reilly for manslaughter. The girlfriend and Fords mother went to check on the car, which had been in the shop longer than expected. The grand jury proceedings are sealed, so he cant get access to information from that process. [5] Worldwide rights were acquired by Netflix. William Ford, a 24-year-old African American who taught mathematics, was killed on April 7, 1992 in Central Islip. Just hours before the incident that would end his life, he had testified in the case of the shooting of a white Brooklyn district attorney in a hold up. been shot during a holdup at an A.T.M., and it was William Ford, Their mother, an educator, died during the making of the film. in his own murder. The shooting death of William Ford, a 24-year-old schoolteacher from Central Islip, is the focus of Strong Island, an emotionally charged documentary made by one of Fords younger siblings. A single bullet forever changed the trajectory of the Fords, a middle-class family living on New Yorks Long Island. Ford, 45, whose rsum includes 10 years as a producer at the PBS documentary showcase POV, describes himself as a product of the tail end of the Great Migration of blacks from the rural South to the urban North. own brother, a black teacher, William Ford, Jr., who grew up in the The level of proof for an indictment is considered fairly minimal, simply raising the possibility of criminal behavior. probably get up and go. Racism is character assassination. Mark Reilly, a 19-year-old mechanic at Super Stang Auto Body in Central Islip, New York, where Fords girlfriends car was being serviced. He was an Assistant Professor of Research at . This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. of his family he gave up school and became an M.T.A. high-profile trial. Outside of the courtroom, they were the targets of intimidation by an The effect is intense and elegiac, even as the pace veers toward the overly deliberate, and as Mr. Reilly and some essential witnesses arent interviewed or approached by the filmmaker; no explanation for this omission is given. He was shot in the chest with a rifle by "[12] Bilge Ebiri of The Village Voice said the film is "truly special, especially as it moves towards its final act the film is unflinching in its portrayal of their devastation after the loss of their eldest son."[13]. eighties, Polaroids that have turned into a family archive. The film premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. shielded the white youth immediately, never doubting his testimony that Strong Island amerykasko-duski film dokumentalny z 2017 roku w reyserii . Mark Reilly received his B.S. The film centers on the April 1992 murder of Ford's brother William, a 24-year-old African-American teacher in New York, who was killed by Mark P. Reilly, a 19-year-old white chop shop mechanic of Lake Grove, New York. cowardly of the viewer to look away. The fact that the victim was African American, while the accused killer and the jury were Caucasian, hardly seemed a detail to many who followed the case. Fords friend Kevin Myers, who had been outside the shop, reportedly agreed to testify that Ford posed no threat. black enclave of Central Islip. In the documentary, Ford says that in his mind, he sees that killer in shades of many strangers faces. I did William a great disservice raising him the way we did, Barbara says. When William returned home that night, he went to confront the owner. And that is the point of his documentary, he said. You understand the magnitude of the loss, Ford told Lehrer, saying he hopes viewers can extrapolate based on my experience what it must feel like to go through these events. We get the feeling that parts of them retreated Ford was a 24-year-old African-American man killed by 19-year-old Mark P. Reilly. It arrives at a moment of renewed tensions over race and racism in America, but Fords film isnt a journalistic expos of a flawed legal system or an attempt to retry a particular case. He keeps the camera closely trained on the faces of those whove suffered emotional wounds that wont heal, and who live with regrets that are devastating. reckless youth has been revised as a responsibility of black tutelage, a City, William Ford, Jr., a twenty-four-year-old man, was shot and killed His killer was white. As Yance if youre uncomfortable with me asking these questions, you should All Rights Reserved. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); document.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); WatchDocumentaries.com | Games | Quizzes | Contact |Privacy & Terms | Manage Cookies |Advertise | DMCA, The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution. Selena Gomez Has a Message for Teens Watching Netflix's '13 Reasons Why'. A grand jury declined to indict Mr. Reilly, a decision that staggered Mr. Fords loved ones. William Ford, Sr. had hoped to be a draftsman, but in order to take care picked up and brandished a car door, to some laughter in the shop. A grand jury declined to indict Reilly, treating the shooting as self-defense with no trial to examine if that had been the case. Its the story of an unresolved killing: his brother, William Ford, Jr., a black man, was killed in the familys home town of Central Islip, Long Island, in 1992, and Williams killer, Mark Reilly, a white man, did not face charges. William was black and unarmed. William Ford had no record and was about to take the Strong Island is an American 2017 true-crime documentary film directed by Yance Ford.The film centers on the April 1992 murder of Ford's brother William, a 24-year-old African-American teacher in New York, who was killed by Mark P. Reilly, a 19-year-old white chop shop mechanic. Late on a spring evening in 1992, in the parking lot of a Long Island body shop, a 24-year-old man named William Ford was shot dead by a 19-year old mechanic, Mark Riley. He believes that if his film wins an Oscar, it could lead more people to learn about this story, provide opportunities for him to do more work and encourage other people who are transgender. Contents 1 Summary 2 Cast 3 Awards 4 Gallery 4.1 Videos 4.2 Promotional Images 5 See More Summary Reilly was charged with manslaughter but claimed self-defense, noting that an angry Ford had been to the garage once before and had allegedly thrown a vacuum cleaner. It would be Strong Island Official Trailer HD Netflix. I will always believe that., As for Reilly, Ford was unable to find him, even with the help of a private investigator. Filmmaker Yance Ford provides an impassioned and highly personal critique of the US judicial system in this vital doc. In Yance Fords powerful, disturbing, and very personal documentary, O filme cntrase no asasinato do irmn de Ford, William, ocorrido en abril de 1992. Ford makes the personal deeply political. When Dunmore Ford recalls how much she and her husband, William Ford, Select this result to view Mark Joseph Reilly's phone number, address, and more. Jr., who had chased and tackled the gunman. I will die believing that they didnt care because my son was a young man of color. STRONG ISLAND, 2017. . Strong Island is a 2017 true-crime documentary on the case of William Ford and directed by Ford's brother Yance. Januar 2017 im Rahmen des U.S. Documentary chronicling how an investigation into a young black man's murder in 1992 turned into a personal journey for the brother of the victim. Jesmyn Wards Haunted Novel of the Gulf Coast. Early on in the film, Yance Ford says, I am , is the director of the new Netflix documentary "Strong Island," which examines not just the murder but its aftermath including the failure of the criminal justice system and its effects on Ford's family.. Yance Ford was a 19-year-old art student when his brother was killed. Twenty-four-year-old teacher William Ford was shot and killed after having an altercation with a white mechanic, and the killer was never charged. The movie, co-produced by Danny Glovers Louverture Films, also presents information thatsuggests William Ford could have been a victim in a case where a self-defense claim was not fully tested. Reilly was white. The film centers on the April 1992 murder of Ford's brother William, a 24-year-old African-American teacher in New York, who was killed by Mark P. Reilly, a 19-year-old white chop shop mechanic of Lake Grove, New York. Documentary Competition des Sundance Film Festivals seine Weltpremiere feierte. Strong Island are: Barbara Dunmore Ford, Lauren Ford, and Yance Ford Oscars Wiki is a FANDOM Movies Community. It is heartbreaking to hear Fords mother reproach herself It draws a line around your life, she says. The documentary, which also examines the impact of events on the Yance family, makes the case that a trial should have occurred in order to reach the truth. suffered a stroke the year after his sons killing. 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