Strong Island is an American 2017 true-crime documentary film directed by Yance Ford.

The film centers on the April 1992 murder of Ford's brother William, a 24-year-old African-American teacher in New York, who was shot and killed by Mark P. Reilly, a 19-year-old white chop shop mechanic.

[2][3] An all-white grand jury in Suffolk County declined to indict his killer, who claimed self-defense.

[8] It was also nominated for an Emmy in Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking that year.

[10][11] Inkoo Kang of TheWrap said the film "is a demanding, wrenching watch; an important work.