Editor’s Note: A day after this story aired and was published online, “Nickel Boys” was nominated for two Oscars: Best Adapted Screenplay for RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes, and Best Picture.
Director RaMell Ross has a reputation for sharing true stories from unique points of view. His Oscar-nominated 2018 documentary “Hale County This Morning, This Evening” was praised for portraying ordinary events with captivating imagery.
His new film, “Nickel Boys,” is a pioneering feat of storytelling. Based on Colson Whitehead’s 2019 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Ross engages audiences by using a first-person perspective for the entire film. Vacillating between the two main characters, we see the world exactly as they see it, and the result is powerful.
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