48 Quotes by Yance Ford

What 'Strong Island' does is bring a historical perspective and help people understand that what we're treating as a modern-day phenomenon is actually not modern. It's actually quite old.

If my making history makes it easier for a trans kid at home somewhere to feel more at home in their skin, then I'm so excited about that.

My brother's death picked up my life and put it down somewhere else. I had an image of myself in my mind as a working artist, and when he died, all of that changed.

'Strong Island' is slang for Long Island, New York. And it really grew out of - what may surprise people, it really grew out of the very vibrant hip-hop scene that, you know, is located and still generates artists out of Long Island.

The justice system isn't meant to work for people of color in this country.

I would hate for people to think that 'Strong Island' is just about a family's grief. It is about a family's grief, yes, but it is also an interrogation of our criminal justice system.

Grief is a very complicated monster. There's no real exorcising of it. It has a different form every day.

When I was young, I didn't see anyone who was trans like me anywhere in the movies.

Violence against the other, and the way we otherize people out of fear, has to be examined across the board.