Our blackness and how to survive being black in America was something that our parents instilled in us extraordinarily well. — Yance Ford Copy Share Image
Everyone in the street where I grew up was given the same message: You can be anything; you can do anything. That wasn't extraordinary; that was ordinary for us. My folks didn't believe in black exceptionalism. There's nothing exceptional about… — 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
