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Nickel Boys director RaMell Ross on adapting Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel

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‘Not only do we need a new language, but the language of photography – and film at large – needs to adapt to the complexity of race,’ says the filmmaker

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America Magazine

‘Nickel Boys’ is the rare film adaptation that does justice to the book

‘Nickel Boys’ preserves Colson Whitehead’s critically acclaimed narrative style while adding cinematic texture that enhances key details of the book.

2 months ago

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The Globe & Mail

Review: Nickel Boys director’s approach is radical – and riveting

RaMell Ross’s latest film is based on Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel

2 months ago·Canada

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CBC News

RaMell Ross: Nickel Boys’ unique approach to depicting the complexity of trauma

The critically acclaimed new film “Nickel Boys,” based on Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name, is largely shot from the point of view of its two main characters as they try to survive in an abusive reform school called the Nickel Academy. Director RaMell Ross sits down with Tom Power to talk about his decision to tell the story through the eyes of his two leads, how trauma is built across time and distilled across me…

2 months ago·Canada

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mynews360.com

RaMell Ross' "Nickel Boys" Presents a Breathlessly Beautiful Reinvention of Visual Storytelling

It goes without saying that perspective is everything when it comes to filmmaking. It informs how people interpret what they see onscreen. The camera is an extraordinary tool that objectively captures whatever’s placed in front of it, but the subjectivity…

16 days ago·Alleghany County, United States

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whereisthebuzz.com

Here’s What RaMell Ross Wants You To Know About Nickel Boys

Go behind the scenes of RaMell Ross's adaptation of 'The Nickel Boys' and learn about his unconventional approach that immerses viewers in the protagonist's experience.

2 months ago

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'Nickel Boys' has a horrific backstory, but 'love is at the core of it'

When filmmaker RaMell Ross and his co-writer Joslyn Barnes began their work adapting Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Nickel Boys into a screenplay, one of the questions confronting them was what they would need to cut from the narrative to make the material suitable for a movie. As part of that process, they determined the essence of the book and arrived at a surprising answer: Love. “Love was at the core of it, which also ju…

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