Tag: Yance Ford
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There are people who get to be three-dimensional humans in the United States, and there are people who do not.
Yance Ford
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I remind audiences that I’m in the fortunate position to make a film about my family.
Yance Ford
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Black lives are too easy to take in America because we don’t want to question why people are so afraid of black and brown people to begin with. And that’s what I want ‘Strong Island’ to do.
Yance Ford
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When I was making ‘Strong Island,’ it was very clear to me that my brother’s death was a point on a line that stretched back into the 1940s and beyond in my family – and in the nation.
Yance Ford
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I don’t think I present as gender-conforming on screen, but some people need a little extra information.
Yance Ford
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People come up and say, ‘Thank you’ for showing a black family loving their masculine-presenting child and for undoing the myth of black people as being rabidly homophobic.
Yance Ford
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Most black families went from the South to the city. My family went from the South to the city to the suburbs because they wanted their children to have the realization of the suburban lifestyle. What does it mean that that doesn’t actually protect you?
Yance Ford
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‘Strong Island’ has been a labor of love and dedication on the part of so many people, that it’s just an incredible recognition to be honored. And to be the first trans director – and, I believe, the first African-American trans director – to be nominated for an Academy Award is incredibly, incredibly special to me.
Yance Ford