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Yance Ford '94.

Yance Ford ’94 will return to Hamilton to screen his film Strong Island on Sunday, Sept. 24, at 2 p.m. in Bradford Auditorium, KJ, to lead off the fall F.I.L.M. series.

In 1992, Ford was a sophomore at Hamilton College when her brother William was murdered. By graduation, Ford was determined to make a film about William’s death; 25 years later, Strong Island is that film. The title is slang for Long Island, where Ford grew up. 

Beginning in 2002 Ford worked as a series producer for POV, television’s longest running showcase for independent documentary and in that role contributed to the emergence of many films. Ford, who has transitioned to male, released Strong Island this past season: it is a visually distinctive, emotionally intimate contribution to the genre of personal documentary.

Strong Island, which became available on Netflix September 15, won a Special Jury Award at Sundance; and Ford, the Emerging Artist Award at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. This is Ford’s first visit to campus since 1997.

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