Nickel Boys director RaMell Ross uses the camera as a character
1 day ago · 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 ...
'Nickel Boys' Team on Making the First Person Point of View …
2 days ago · 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' brings to life the notorious cruelty of a ...
Dec 16, 2024 · Of the two main characters in “Nickel Boys,” Jack Turner, played by Brandon Wilson, is more seasoned and he befriends the more naïve Elwood Curtis, whose bright future as a college student in ...
In 'Nickel Boys,' striving for a new way to see | AP News
Dec 12, 2024 · In “Nickel Boys,” one of the most thrillingly innovative American films of the decade, Ross adapts Colson Whitehead’s 2019 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. It’s about two young men — Elwood (Ethan Herisse) and Turner (Brandon Wilson) — who’ve been sent to an abusive, mid-century Florida reform school called Nickel Academy.
The huge gambit RaMell Ross pulled off to make ‘Nickel Boys’
Dec 28, 2024 · Three years ago, RaMell Ross shipped himself in a wooden crate from Rhode Island to Alabama. The artist and director, who stands well over 6 feet, crammed his towering frame into the box and...
Why RaMell Ross insisted on a distinct POV for 'Nickel Boys'
Dec 23, 2024 · After reading Whitehead’s fictionalized take on Florida’s real-life Dozier School for Boys, where reports suggest that over 100 boys died during more than a century of operation, Ross decided...
‘Nickel Boys’ Director RaMell Ross On Reinventing the Very Act …
Dec 20, 2024 · A year after RaMell Ross finished filming “Nickel Boys,” he learned to fly. Ross doesn’t know if he became a pilot out of post-big-project depression, his desire to try new things or maybe ...
In 'Nickel Boys,' Striving for a New Way to See - U.S. News
Dec 12, 2024 · NEW YORK (AP) — RaMell Ross sometimes sends his photography students out on a unique assignment. He tells them to photograph a white person, a Black person, an Asian person and an Indian...
RaMell Ross took a radical approach to get inside 'Nickel Boys'
Dec 19, 2024 · Told mostly in the first-person point of view, director RaMell Ross’ “Nickel Boys” is an experiential — and experimental — adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer-winning novel from 2019. The...
How the 'Nickel Boys' Cast Adjusted to Acting Directly to Camera
Dec 18, 2024 · "Nickel Boys" star Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, director RaMell Ross and cinematographer Jomo Fray discuss the film's unique visual style.