Director RaMell Ross honored at IndieWire event for adapting Colson Whitehead's acclaimed 2019 novel into a critically praised film.
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Ross used his Auteur Award acceptance speech to urge remembrance of the boys who died at the notorious Dozier School in Florida, a real-life institution that inspired his film.
The Dozier School, a 'reform school' that operated for over a century, is the subject of ongoing investigations into the deaths and abuse of the children sent there.
Director RaMell Ross honored at IndieWire event for adapting Colson Whitehead's acclaimed 2019 novel into a critically praised film.
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Ross used his Auteur Award acceptance speech to urge remembrance of the boys who died at the notorious Dozier School in Florida, a real-life institution that inspired his film.
The Dozier School, a 'reform school' that operated for over a century, is the subject of ongoing investigations into the deaths and abuse of the children sent there.