The story of RaMell Ross' "Nickel Boys," laced with the cruelties of the Jim Crow-era South, has commonalities with films ...

This visually inventive adaptation of a Colson Whitehead novel follows two boys at an abusive school in Jim Crow-era Florida.

The historical drama follows two young men sent to a brutal reform school in Florida during Jim Crow. We spoke to the fellas about filming in first person and the horrors of the 1960s. Brandon Wilson ...

Nickel Boys is powerful filmmaking. If RaMell Ross keeps going with narrative films, he’s got a bright future ahead of him.

NB_FP_4580 Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor stars as Hattie and Ethan Herisse as Elwood in director RaMell Ross’s NICKEL BOYS, from ...

When he read Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, “The Nickel Boys,” director RaMell Ross knew immediately what ...

RaMell Ross’s profoundly moving film “Nickel Boys” is a cinematic adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s novel of the same name.

Two young Black men in Jim Crow-era Florida, idealistic activist Elwood (Ethan Herisse) and cynical Turner (Brandon Wilson), bond as they attempt to survive Nickel Academy, a reform school rife ...

Ethan Slater is an actor, singer, writer, and composer who was nominated for a Tony Award for playing the lead role of SpongeBob SquarePants in the Broadway musical. His newest role is Boq in the ...

Lynn Whitfield, Brandon Wilson, Ethan Herisse and Amber Rasberry will also be honored at the AAFCA's 2025 Special Achievement Awards. By Abid Rahman International Editor, Digital The African ...

In the 2025 Special Achievement Awards, the film was named recipient of the Karen & Stanley Kramer Social Justice Award, while its two young stars, Brandon Wilson and Ethan Herisse, will receive ...

Held on Sunday, February 2 at the Los Angeles Athletic Club, the Special Achievement Awards will honor RaMell Ross’ “Nickel Boys” with the Karen & Stanley Kramer Social Justice Award, while stars ...