I don't think I present as gender-conforming on screen, but some people need a little extra information. — Yance Ford Information Copy Share Image
White people get to do that all of the time. They get to engage in bad behavior, even felonious behavior, but they… — Yance Ford Bad behavior Copy Share Image
'Strong Island' is not your typical true-crime film. It's not actually about the uncovering of evidence or following leads that hadn't been… — Yance Ford Evidence Copy Share Image
I will never understand how so many young women can go out in the freezing cold wearing so little clothing. — Yance Ford Cold Copy Share Image
White communities - and I exempt poor white communities from this - have power over their representation. White people have the ability… — Yance Ford Ability Copy Share Image
'Strong Island' is slang for Long Island, New York. And it really grew out of - what may surprise people, it really… — Yance Ford Hip hop Copy Share Image
Being nominated is such a tremendous honor. An Oscar win for me and for the 'Strong Island' team would be the cap… — Yance Ford Brother Copy Share Image
It's important that people understand that 'Strong Island' is just as much about this claim of reasonable fear and our need to… — Yance Ford Family Copy Share Image
When I use the word 'buzz' in successive sentences, it's clearly time for me to stop writing. — Yance Ford Clearly Copy Share Image
I had a list of 10 rules when we started 'Strong Island,' and one of them was, 'Yance will never appear on… — Yance Ford Camera Copy Share Image
Black lives are too easy to take in America because we don't want to question why people are so afraid of black… — Yance Ford America Copy Share Image
The justice system isn't meant to work for people of color in this country. — Yance Ford Country Copy Share Image
The quality of festival Q&As is often a matter of chance. Sometimes the lights come up on movies I loved, and not… — Yance Ford Chance 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… — Yance Ford Believe 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,… — Yance Ford Criminal justice Copy Share Image
There are people who get to be three-dimensional humans in the United States, and there are people who do not. — Yance Ford Get Copy Share Image
I remind audiences that I'm in the fortunate position to make a film about my family. — Yance Ford Cinema Copy Share Image
I hope that audiences understand that there is a precariousness to black lives in this country that we need to address, that… — Yance Ford Always Copy Share Image
When I was making 'Strong Island,' it was very clear to me that my brother's death was a point on a line… — Yance Ford Beyond Copy Share Image
Film festivals are usually unpleasant experiences on some level. The lines are ridiculous, the crowds are ridiculous, or the schedules are impossibly… — Yance Ford Bad Copy Share Image
