Best Picture Nominee: Nickel Boys

17/02/2025 18 min Episodio 983
Best Picture Nominee: Nickel Boys

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[REBROADCAST FROM Dec. 12, 2024] The Colson Whitehead novel The Nickel Boys is a brutal story of an abusive reform school in segregated South Florida. Filmmaker RaMell Ross discusses writing and directing the new film adaptation of the novel, "Nickel Boys," which is nominated for 'Best Picture' at this year's Academy Awards,  and shares how his background in documentary filmmaking helped him create a unique take on this novel.