RaMell Ross dove into Nickel Boys with a uniquely useful background. First, as a Black man raised in the South, the filmmaker had the knowledge and experience necessary to adapt Pulitzer Prize ...

RaMell Ross dove into Nickel Boys with a uniquely useful background. First, as a Black man raised in the South, the filmmaker had the knowledge and experience necessary to adapt Pulitzer Prize-winner ...

Midway through a conversation with director and writer RaMell Ross, he recommends Scott L. Matthews's book, Capturing the South: Imagining America's Most Documented Region, an investigation into ...

Photo: AP RaMell Ross’s astonishing Nickel Boys is something else altogether. Ross’s fiction feature debut — he previously directed the Oscar-nominated documentary Hale County This Morning, This ...

Director RaMell Ross chose to shoot the film largely from the point of view of its two main characters, Elwood and Turner, as they try to survive in an abusive reform school called the Nickel Academy.

RaMell Ross’ “Nickel Boys” unearths the haunting realities of two boys, Elwood (Ethan Herisse) and Turner (Brandon Wilson), as they navigate a brutal reform school, blending visceral ...

RaMell Ross’ “Nickel Boys” unearths the haunting realities of two boys, Elwood (Ethan Herisse) and Turner (Brandon Wilson), as they navigate a brutal reform school, blending visceral storytelling with ...