RaMell Ross, who directed 'Nickel Boys' based on the Colson Whitehead novel, believes the prolific writer gave his blessing to the adaptation which will open the New York Film Festival Tonight

"Nickel Boys," RaMell Ross's adaptation of Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize-winning 2019 novel, opened New York Film Festival's 62nd edition on Friday night. The historical drama, which received rave reviews out of Telluride in September,

Plan B's Dede Gardner and Louverture's Joslyn Barnes collaborated with writer/director Ross to create a unique point-of-view language for adapting Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.

First-person storytelling is taken to an excessive degree in Nickel Boys, RaMell Ross’ adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 2019 novel, whose primary action is shot from the point-of-view of its protagonist and,