One Book One Denver: Nickel Boys with Filmmaker RaMell Ross

Nickel Boys was one of the most underseen/underrated films of last year, truly spectacular and haunting. View the movie/read the book on your own, or enjoy a free screening at the MCA Holiday Theater on September 2 (here is the link https://mcadenver.org/events/dpl-before-the-conversation-nickel-boys-2024-screening terrible venue but can't beat the price, sit in the first row for viewing comfort) and follow up with this free live in person Q&A with the film maker, tickets available here

https://mcadenver.org/events/dpl-from-page-to-screen-nickel-boys-2024-with-director-ramell-ross

Denver Public Library’s One Book One Denver program invites you to a live, in-person discussion with filmmaker RaMell Ross, director and co-writer of Nickel Boys (2024). Ross will discuss the journey of adapting Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel for the screen, from developing the film’s distinctive first-person perspective to translating Elwood and Turner’s experiences, friendship, and contrasting worldviews into a visual form.
The conversation will explore the artistic choices that shaped the film, the real history behind the fictional Nickel Academy, and the challenges of adapting a celebrated novel while preserving its emotional and historical complexity. Audiences will hear directly from Ross about his creative vision and the ideas of memory, injustice, survival, and friendship that run through both the book and the film.