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Louisiana-shot ‘Nickel Boys’ is an artful triumph from a New Orleans Film Festival centerpiece
Set in 1962 Tallahassee but filmed in late 2022 in Hammond, LaPlace, New Orleans, Ponchatoula and Thibodaux, it’s inspired by ...
Here’s What RaMell Ross Wants You To Know About Nickel Boys
In adapting Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “The Nickel Boys,” director RaMell Ross faced what he calls a ...
How the ‘Nickel Boys’ Team Delivered RaMell Ross’ Immersive Vision Through Detailed Design Work
RaMell Ross ’ “ Nickel Boys ” unearths the haunting realities of two boys, Elwood (Ethan Herisse) and Turner (Brandon Wilson) ...
How the Department Heads of ‘Nickel Boys’ Worked with Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor to Create an Unforgettable Character
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor and the hair, makeup, and costume department heads of 'Nickel Boys' discuss collaborating to create the ...
Nickel Boys director RaMell Ross uses the camera as a character
Nickel Boys director and co-writer RaMell Ross explains how he navigated the complex relationship between audience and ...
Nickel Boys director RaMell Ross on his groundbreaking approach to depicting the complexity of trauma
The Oscar-nominated director sits down with Q’s Tom Power to discuss his critically acclaimed new film, Nickel Boys, which is based on Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer-winning novel of the same name.
He went on YouTube to look up ‘how to work with actors’: ‘Nickel Boys’ director RaMell Ross on his unconventional techniques
The director shot his debut narrative feature, based on Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, almost entirely through the main characters' eyes.
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RaMell Ross Seeks "a Sort of Realism" in 'Nickel Boys'
"Black folks aren't asked to make films about all white people. But what would have happened if we did? What would white ...
RaMell Ross Reveals Why 'Nickel Boys' Is Filmed in a Radical Way
Ramelle Ross combined several filmmaking techniques to bring the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel to life in unprecedentedly powerful ways.
RaMell Ross Says He Reads ‘Every Letterboxd’ Review and Has Debated Replying to Pans
RaMell Ross talks receiving criticism on Letterboxd and how he's had to resist responding to people's personal reviews.
Nickel Boys gives a first-person perspective of racial subjugation
Filmmaker RaMell Ross adapted of Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Nickel Boys, based in the Dozier reform ...
‘Nickel Boys’ is a bold, uncomfortable, and personal look into racial prejudice, oppression
People often like to keep their eyes averted from reality, so they don’t have to confront the harsh truths in life. 'Nickel Boys' doesn’t allow the audience to do that here.