Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Colson Whitehead's The Nickel Boys has been adapted for the big screen. In 2019, Whitehead spoke with Dave Davies when the book was released. It's set in the early '60s ...

After being nominated for Best Motion Picture Drama at the 82nd Annual Golden Globes, Nickel Boys went on to earn two Oscar nominations, including Best Picture and Adapted Screenplay. Amazon MGM ...

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 […] ...

Not only do we need a new language, but the language of photography – and film at large – needs to adapt to the complexity of ...

A daring visual approach powers a gorgeous film about an ugly chapter in history.

In adapting Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “The Nickel Boys,” director RaMell Ross faced what he calls a ...

In adapting Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, production designer Nora Mendis explains Ross’ vision came from ...

The screen format is an unexpectedly old-school square, and what we see in that square is clearly through a child’s eyes as ...

His narrative debut, it’s based on Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 2019 novel, which was inspired by the notorious Dozier School for Boys, a real-life Florida reform school that was ...

RaMell Ross uses an unconventional approach in his take on Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about two Black ...

Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, now a feature film, is based on a notorious Florida reform school where boys were beaten and sexually abused. Originally broadcast July 16, 2019.