Inspired by the tragic events at the Dozier School, where over a hundred Black boys were murdered in 1973, ‘Nickel Boys’ is a ...
A young dreamer named Elwood Curtis stares intently at his Black reflection in an electronics shop window as a row of small ...
This week’s picks include two Oscar-nominated movies, Chris O’Dowd’s crime comedy and an all-star Olympic documentary.
Throughout the movie, Ross uses point-of-view shots to show us how Elwood Curtis sees a world in flux, where beauty and violence sharply overlap. Scenes are often impressionistic, with Elwood ...
Set in the 1960s, the audience initially discovers the world of Black teenager Elwood Curtis (Ethan Herisse, “When They See Us”) from his point of view. The first half of the film is shot entirely in ...
RaMell Ross on the Oscar-nominated “Nickel Boys” and why the film's impact matters more to him than trophies. “Nickel Boys” ...
Two months after its theatrical debut, Nickel Boys officially made its video-on-demand debut on sites like Prime Video and ...
A promising young black teenager, Elwood Curtis, seems destined for great things, among being accepted into an accelerated college program at an HBCU. But, things take a turn when he hitchhikes ...