The morning after Tramon Martin was killed, my social media feed was literally like alive

with people who were saying we need the story now more than ever, or I can't wait for

Strong Island.

I'm Sean Fantasy, editor and chief of the ringer, and this is the big picture, a conversation

show with some of the most exciting filmmakers in the world.

Yancy Ford shows all of himself in Strong Island.

For the documentary filmmakers first movie, Ford returned to the most traumatic moment

in his family history, the 1992 murder of his brother William and the unresolved feelings

around that tragedy.

Ford, his mother, his brother's friends and figures in local law enforcement, tell the

story in a powerful intimate and unflinching way.

It's a powerful film with hugely important implications about segregation, race, violence

and power in America.

I talked with Ford about the more than 10-year process that led to Strong Island, his

Oscar nomination for Best Documentary, and where to go next after such a personal film.

Here's Yancy Ford.

I'm delighted to be joined today by Academy Award nominee Yancy Ford, director of the

powerful Strong Island.

Yancy, thanks for coming in.

Thanks for having me, Sean.

Good morning.

Yancy, some people know about your film, which is as personal story, I think, as could

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