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RaMell Ross

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RaMell Ross

Born May 15, 1982 · Frankfurt, Germany (age 44)

RaMell Ross is an American filmmaker, photographer, academic, and writer. His directorial debut, Hale County This Morning, This Evening (2018), earned him a Peabody Award and nominations for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film and the Primetime Emmy Award for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking. Ross directed and co-wrote the screenplay for the 2024 film adaptation of the n…

Known For

Nickel BoysNickel Boys · 2024
Nickel Boys
★ 6.62024
MovieDramaHistory
Chronicles the powerful friendship between two young Black teenagers navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida.
American JailAmerican Jail · 2018
American Jail
★ 5.02018
MovieDocumentary
In this deeply personal film, director Roger Ross Williams sets out on a journey to understand the complex forces of racism and greed currently at work in America's prison system.
Hale County This Morning, This EveningHale County This Morning, This Evening · 2018
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
★ 6.12018
MovieDocumentary
Composed of intimate and unencumbered moments of people in a community, this film is constructed in a form that allows the viewer an emotive impression of the Historic South - trumpeting the beauty of life and consequences of the social construction of race, while simultaneously a testament to dreaming.
The Boys and the BeesThe Boys and the Bees · 2025
The Boys and the Bees
2025
MovieDocumentary
Traces a family’s journey toward freedom, nurturing their bees and their young sons amid Georgia’s shifting seasons while they learn to care for the land that sustains them.
Easter SnapEaster Snap · 2019
Easter Snap
★ 4.02019
MovieDocumentary
With a baited handling of American symbolism, filmmaker RaMell Ross joins five men in the deep South, Alabama, who resurrect the homestead ritual of hog processing under the guidance of Johnny Blackmon.

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