Nickel Boys’ was a chance for Mississippi native Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor to honor her Southern roots. 'I always have to have ...

As an actor, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor has never regarded the camera as her ally. “I’ve always felt like it was an enemy, because ...

“I had a friend of mine who said that to talk to folks who ain’t interested in your life, or try to convince someone to be ...

Keke Palmer, Giancarlo Esposito and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor will receive special awards at the American Black Film Festival ...

When he read Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, “The Nickel Boys,” director RaMell Ross knew immediately what ...

And yet, with “Nickel Boys,” filmmaker RaMell Ross not only commits to the idea but delivers one of the most powerful films ...

Malcolm D. Lee, Natasha Rothwell, Wendell Pierce, John David Washington and Steve McQueen were also among the night's ...

Growing up in the rural South, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor never expected to be an actor, but she got herself to NYU and found her ...

I’ve been fortunate in the last five to seven years that these kinds of directors reached out to me … or invited me into ...

ABFF/Nice Crowd Keke Palmer and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor have been named among the honorees for the seventh American Black Film ...

Nickel Boys' star Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor discusses what made being directed by IndieWire Honors Auteur Award recipient RaMell ...

Tyler Perry, Cynthia Erivo, and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor shined at the 7th Critics Choice Celebration of Black Cinema & TV on Dec. 9.