Strong Island

In "Strong Island," a harrowing true-crime documentary, director Yance Ford confronts the dark underbelly of racialized perception and murderous fear after his brother William's brutal murder in 1992 on Long Island, New York. A white teenager claimed self-defense, but an all-white grand jury declined to indict, allowing his killer to walk free. The film is a powerful indictment of a system that fails its most vulnerable citizens, and Ford's own family's tragedy serves as a catalyst for re-examining the wreckage in catastrophe's wake.