It's important that people understand that 'Strong Island' is just as much about this claim of reasonable fear and our need to interrogate reasonable fear as it is about my family's grief. — Yance Ford Copy Share Image
I would hate for people to think that 'Strong Island' is just about a family's grief. It is about a family's grief, yes, but it is also an interrogation of our criminal justice system. — Yance Ford Copy Share Image
Instincts are a really important guide for any artist, but particularly filmmakers because it takes a lot to stay true to your instincts as… — Yance Ford Copy Share Image
My brother's death picked up my life and put it down somewhere else. I had an image of myself in my mind as a… — Yance Ford Copy Share Image
What 'Strong Island' does is bring a historical perspective and help people understand that what we're treating as a modern-day phenomenon is actually not… — Yance Ford Copy Share Image
Violence against the other, and the way we otherize people out of fear, has to be examined across the board. — Yance Ford Copy Share Image
People come up and say, 'Thank you' for showing a black family loving their masculine-presenting child and for undoing the myth of black people… — Yance Ford Copy Share Image
My impression is that the Academy is really sincere about moving toward a more inclusive and representative Hollywood. — Yance Ford Copy Share Image
If I can help one family embrace their child and not displace them and throw them out, I'm happy about that. — Yance Ford Copy Share Image
If my making history makes it easier for a trans kid at home somewhere to feel more at home in their skin, then I'm… — Yance Ford Copy Share Image
It would be easier for people to grasp that gender, sex, and sexual orientation are different things if we had as much imagination in… — Yance Ford Copy Share Image
It would have been tough for anyone to adapt 'Push' - an amazing but wrenching novel by Sapphire - for the screen, and I… — Yance Ford Copy Share Image
I worked at 'POV' for five years before I told one person about my brother. — Yance Ford Copy Share Image
'Strong Island' has been a labor of love and dedication on the part of so many people, that it's just an incredible recognition to… — Yance Ford Copy Share Image
Grief is a very complicated monster. There's no real exorcising of it. It has a different form every day. — Yance Ford Copy Share Image
