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‘Nickel Boys’ Actress Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor Shares Her Ancestral Pain In RaMell Ross’s Dark Story From Florida’s History
'Nickel Boys' actress Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor shares her ancestral pain in RaMell Ross' exploration of a dark chapter in Florida's history.
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor was raised in McComb, Mississippi, a one-time battleground in the struggle for civil rights, and says she carried a lot of the pain her maternal forebears endured. AUNJANUE ELLIS-TAYLOR: (Sighing then smiling) The last few years there have been this concentration of these women who have come into my life through movies ( Origin, The Color Purple, The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat) I’ve been doing and a little bit of TV as well ( When They See Us, Lovecraft Country), who are at these kind of pivotal moments in their lives. ELLIS-TAYLOR: The last few years there have been this concentration of these women who have come into my life through movies ( Origin, The Color Purple, The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat) I’ve been doing and a little bit of TV as well ( When They See Us, Lovecraft Country), who are at these kind of pivotal moments in their lives.
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