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RaMell Ross' “Nickel Boys” opened opening night of the 62nd annual New York Film Festival on Friday, September 27th. The film chronicles the powerful friendship between two young black men who together overcome the harrowing trials of reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida. IndieWire caught up with the director and stars on the film's NYFF red carpet.

RaMell Ross directed his first feature film and explained why Colson Whitehead's 2019 novel The Nickel Boys inspired him to make the project. “Colson’s narrative power captivated me as much as any other reader,” he said. “I’ve never read a book and thought about adapting it. That's not my thing. I kind of wondered what Elwood would look like, at some point [when] He realized he was black or racist. In the context of Colson’s story, it’s such a beautiful idea.”

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