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Bookmark or Share- Yance Ford - WikipediaYance Ford ( / ˈjænsi /) is an African-American transgender producer and director. [1] [2] Life and career. Ford graduated from Hamilton College in 1994. Beginning in 2002 he worked as a series producer at PBS for ten years. [3] [4] [5] [6] In 2011 he was named one of Filmmaker magazine's 25 New Faces of Independent Film. [5] .
- 'Power' Review: Yance Ford's Smart and Searing Doc on Policing‘Power’ Review: Yance Ford’s Smart and Searing Documentary on Policing in America. The essay-like Netflix film from the 'Strong Island' director delves into the origins and implications of...
- Strong Island’s Yance Ford: ‘I have no interest in giving my brother’s ...Yance Ford, director and producer of Strong Island, a documentary on the murder of his brother William when Yance was 19, and America's subsequent indifference to the killing of a black man....
- Q&A: Yance Ford on race, justice and making Oscar historyFord, a 22-year-old black man, was shot and killed by a 19-year-old white man — a mechanic named Mark Reilly — after a verbal altercation. But an all-white grand jury declined to indict Reilly and the investigation has remained sealed. “I’m not angry,” Yance Ford says into the camera.
- Yance Ford’s “Strong Island” Is a Form of JusticeCulture Desk. Yance Ford’s “Strong Island” Is a Form of Justice. By Darryl Pinckney. September 19, 2017. The powerful and very personal documentary “Strong Island” is the story of a black...
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