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'Nickel Boys' Director RaMell Ross Makes The Camera 'An Organ'

February 13, 2025 45m
RaMell Ross's Oscar-nominated film, Nickel Boys, centers on two young Black men attempting to survive a brutal Florida reformatory school in the 1960s. He says he's sees the rural South as a "meaning-making space." Ross spoke with Tonya Mosley about his photography and performance art, too.

Also, John Powers reviews the new season of HBO's The White Lotus.

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