Strong Island
Jan 23, 2017 | IMDB 6.4
107 min Watch NowDocumentary
Examining the violent death of the filmmaker’s brother and the judicial system that allowed his killer to go free, this documentary interrogates murderous fear and racialized perception, and re-imagines the wreckage in catastrophe’s wake, challenging us to change.
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