In adapting Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “The Nickel Boys,” director RaMell Ross faced what he calls a ...
Ramelle Ross combined several filmmaking techniques to bring the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel to life in unprecedentedly ...
RaMell Ross ’ “ Nickel Boys ” unearths the haunting realities of two boys, Elwood (Ethan Herisse) and Turner (Brandon Wilson) ...
The "King Richard" Oscar nominee is luminous in "Nickel Boys," and without her, the film might not have resonated with ...
“Nickel Boys,” the Colson Whitehead adaptation from director RaMell Ross, won best film from the prestigious National Society ...
RaMell Ross dove into Nickel Boys with a uniquely useful background.First, as a Black man raised in the South, the filmmaker ...
It’s hard to describe Nickel Boys. It seems like an injustice to call it, simply, a film. It’s a remarkable piece of art, ...
Nickel Boys’ preserves Colson Whitehead’s critically acclaimed narrative style while adding cinematic texture that enhances key details of the book.
Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Nickel Boys, is based on the harrowing true story of a hellish reform ...
The violence committed against boys – especially Black boys – in so-called reform schools across the Jim Crow South were acts of absolute horror. So, in some ways, it makes sense that director RaMell ...
"Black folks aren't asked to make films about all white people. But what would have happened if we did? What would white ...
The 'Nickel Boys' actress specializes in supporting roles that steal the spotlight: “If we only know the figurehead and we don’t know the women who were doing the groundwork, it’s not the full truth.” ...