Strong Island director Yance Ford didn’t come away with the Oscar for Best Documentary in March, but he did make history—becoming the first openly trans filmmaker nominated for an Academy Award.
Ford’s film—about the racially-charged killing of his brother William in 1992 and what his death did to the Ford family—not only earned Oscar recognition, but prizes from Sundance, Frameline and other festivals, as well as multiple Cinema Eye Honors. Next month the Netflix documentary could continue its awards run with an Emmy nomination.
“There’s a range of reactions” to the film, Ford tells Deadline. “I get people who share stories of homicides in their family—and the races of those people vary…I get thanked by queer people of color for showing a family that loves their masculine-presenting queer child, which is a stereotype about the black community that I think needs to be broken at every possible opportunity.
Ford’s film—about the racially-charged killing of his brother William in 1992 and what his death did to the Ford family—not only earned Oscar recognition, but prizes from Sundance, Frameline and other festivals, as well as multiple Cinema Eye Honors. Next month the Netflix documentary could continue its awards run with an Emmy nomination.
“There’s a range of reactions” to the film, Ford tells Deadline. “I get people who share stories of homicides in their family—and the races of those people vary…I get thanked by queer people of color for showing a family that loves their masculine-presenting queer child, which is a stereotype about the black community that I think needs to be broken at every possible opportunity.
- 6/11/2018
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Lock your doors – the horror series featuring a poltergeist with a fondess for interior design is back to rearrange your furniture
In these troubled times, the continuing determination to turn Paranormal Activity into a blockbuster franchise is strangely reassuring. No matter how many upheavals or atrocities the world endures, at least every October there'll be another low-budget night-vision movie about a door that sometimes opens by itself or whatever.
But how can Paranormal Activity 3 differentiate itself from its predecessors? Well, the directors are Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, who made Catfish. Does this mean that Paranormal Activity 3 will have an urgent documentary feel? Does it mean that we'll all root for the demon because because it seems like it's been exploited? The first Paranormal Activity 3 trailer is online – let's take a closer look:
1) There's already one huge difference. The date onscreen says 1988, which means this is a period piece.
In these troubled times, the continuing determination to turn Paranormal Activity into a blockbuster franchise is strangely reassuring. No matter how many upheavals or atrocities the world endures, at least every October there'll be another low-budget night-vision movie about a door that sometimes opens by itself or whatever.
But how can Paranormal Activity 3 differentiate itself from its predecessors? Well, the directors are Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, who made Catfish. Does this mean that Paranormal Activity 3 will have an urgent documentary feel? Does it mean that we'll all root for the demon because because it seems like it's been exploited? The first Paranormal Activity 3 trailer is online – let's take a closer look:
1) There's already one huge difference. The date onscreen says 1988, which means this is a period piece.
- 7/27/2011
- by Stuart Heritage
- The Guardian - Film News
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