Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Colson Whitehead's The Nickel Boys has been adapted for the big screen. In 2019, Whitehead spoke with Dave Davies when the book was released. It's set in the early '60s ...

The screen format is an unexpectedly old-school square, and what we see in that square is clearly through a child’s eyes as ...

Since attending an advanced screening of “Nickel Boys” in mid-November, I’ve seen numerous headlines and quotes touting its brilliance and naming it one of the best films of the year. Much of the ...

When he read Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, “The Nickel Boys,” director RaMell Ross knew immediately what he wanted to do with it. For his screen adaptation, called ...

RaMell Ross' "Nickel Boys" unearths the haunting realities of two boys, Elwood (Ethan Herisse) and Turner (Brandon Wilson), ...

In “Nickel Boys,” one of the most thrillingly innovative American films of the decade, Ross adapts Colson Whitehead’s 2019 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. It’s about two young men — Elwood ...

Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, now a feature film, is based on a notorious Florida reform school where boys were beaten and sexually abused. Originally broadcast July 16, 2019.