Netflix picks up Yance Ford’s “Strong Island”

Digital streaming giant Netflix has acquired the worldwide rights to former PBS ‘POV’ producer Yance Ford’s cinematic memoir. Strong Island (pictured), which premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, traces the arc ...

March 20, 2017

Digital streaming giant Netflix has acquired the worldwide rights to former PBS ‘POV’ producer Yance Ford’s cinematic memoir. Strong Island (pictured), which premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, traces the arc ...

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American Documentary, Danish Film Institute, Danny Glover, DR Denmark, Final Cut for Real, Joslyn Barnes, Laura Poitras, Louverture Films, Michel Merkt, Signe Byrge Sørensen, Strong Island, Susan Rockefeller, Tony Tabatznik, Yance Ford, Yanceville Films

TAGS:

American Documentary, Danish Film Institute, Danny Glover, DR Denmark, Final Cut for Real, Joslyn Barnes, Laura Poitras, Louverture Films, Michel Merkt, Signe Byrge Sørensen, Strong Island, Susan Rockefeller, Tony Tabatznik, Yance Ford, Yanceville Films

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Daniele Alcinii is a news editor at realscreen, the leading international publisher of non-fiction film and television industry news and content. He joined the RS team in 2015 with experience in journalism following a stint out west with Sun Media in Edmonton's Capital Region, and with communications work in Melbourne, Australia and Toronto. You can follow him on Twitter at @danielealcinii.

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