“Strong Island” Essays

"Strong Island" Essays, Trans Awareness Week

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A Poem for the Mother

by Jaylan Salah

February 25, 2019

Illustration by Tavi Veraldi A Poem for the Mother Who lost her son… In a car crash In a dog fight Amid the dust mines of recessed memories A poem for the

"Strong Island" Essays

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I can’t understand

by Amy Wasney

February 25, 2019

Both willingly and unwillingly, Yance and so many others have done so much emotional labor to tell us their stories and relive their trauma, all to reveal to us the
"Strong Island" Essays

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The burden of heartbreak

by Atavia Reed

February 25, 2019

When the lights in “Strong Island” (2017) begin to dim and the credits start to roll, the viewer is left with an echo of a scream ringing intensely in their

"Strong Island" Essays, Trans Awareness Week

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‘Strong Island’: documentary filmmaking as a coming-of-age tale

by Jaylan Salah

February 25, 2019

It’s always the women, the queer, and the blacks. They are the ones who tell stories. They are the ones who dig deep into their families’ histories. They are the

"Strong Island" Essays, Trans Awareness Week

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The contours of fear: a documentary elegy

by Marjorie H. Morgan

February 25, 2019

It is a pessimistic view of life in America, and for Yance Ford and millions of people who look like him, it is a daily reality: living with the fear
"Strong Island" Essays

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Cinema Femme Documentary Issue — Editor’s Letter

by Rebecca Martin

February 25, 2019

I’ve always loved how documentaries can connect with viewers by taking them through worlds that are not their own. And some documentaries, like Yance Ford’s “Strong Island” (2017), our Issue

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