I fail to understand any reviewers who did not / could not appreciate this brilliant docu. Incredibly shot and edited. The quietness is especially compelling. The photographs contributed to the cinematic value. I struggle to understand how other reviewers wanted this story to be something else when this is the family's story. It is their lived experience. Congrats to Yancy for their achievements.

Slow, prodding, and full of false assumptions. This lazy documentary is full of repetitious and false narratives that never make it's point. Character after character repeats themselves in slow boring detail, while adding nothing to the narrative. Was he a good man? Yes, he was a good man. Pause..., pause..... He was indeed a good man. He was a very fine good man. Pause....snore, wait, ... He was so good. He was pause, pause, pause .......good. He did some good things....he did not help rob the ATM man. That was never proven....

He was my brother and by the way, he was a good man, except when he was throwing vacuum cleaners and car doors around in order to threaten others. I admired him then... pause. My bad.... pause...........Oh, and by the way, I am a lesbian and he was nice to me, so there!?

Did the main character, a 260 pound overweight black male, scare a chop shop white criminal into shooting him dead in self defense after being assaulted once before? I was not on the Grand Jury but, after seeing this film, I would would say "yes!".

"Strong Island" is a Documentary in which we follow the real story of a 1992 murder of a young man and since the filmmaker is the victim's brother his investigation and research has a personal touch.

I liked this documentary because it was very interesting and since it was based on a real story it contained plenty of information regarding the incident and what exactly happened. The direction which was made by Yance Ford was excellent and he presented his brother with plenty of details regarding his personality along with plenty interviews that made clear the case. The interviews of the people made possible for the audience to better understand both the case and William Ford Jr. In conclusion, I have to say that "Strong Island" is an interesting documentary and I recommend everyone to watch it.