The Auteur Award recipient warns audiences "to not look too hard" when viewing his Colson Whitehead adaptation.

Nickel Boys' star Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor discusses what made being directed by IndieWire Honors Auteur Award recipient RaMell Ross unique.

RaMell Ross's feature directorial debut "Nickel Boys" is unlike any mainstream release in recent memory. Rather than adapt the Colson Whitehead Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "The Nickel Boys" with a traditional approach,

Nickel Boys’ director RaMell Ross on his revolutionary filmmaking choice: ‘I don’t know if I could have told the story any other way.’ He chose to shoot the project in first-person perspective, meaning actors speak to the camera and interact directly with the audience.

Nickel Boys, a stunning adaptation of Colson Whitehead's novel feels like it's breaking new ground with its impressive first-person perspective.