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NEW YORK — RaMell Ross sometimes sends his photography students out on a unique assignment. In “Nickel Boys,” one of the most thrillingly innovative American films of the decade, Ross adapts Colson Whitehead’s 2019 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. “The power is in the self and the eyes.” For Ross, who teaches visual art at Brown University, “Nickel Boys” isn’t just about …