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.
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 school in Florida. The story is meant to reflect the experiences of the ...
Cynthia Erivo Made a Promise to See Her Characters Through
Whether it’s Elphaba in “Wicked” or Celie in “The Color Purple,” the star doesn’t choose parts “frivolously”; she wants roles ...
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Elwood Curtis’s college dream shatters alongside a two-lane Florida highway. Bearing the brunt of an innocent misstep, he’s ...