Nickel Boys
OSCAR NOMINEE! A pastoral, sweeping epic encompassing friendship, hardship, courage and love, NICKEL BOYS is an absolute triumph!
A stirring follow-up to his directorial debut HALE COUNTY THIS MORNING, THIS EVENING, RaMell Ross’ adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel NICKEL BOYS is a biting, visually adventurous coming-of-age story set in Jim Crow-era Florida. Elwood (Ethan Herisse) is an idealistic Black high schooler whose aims of attending college are upended when racist law officials accuse him of a crime, pulling him away from the loving arms of his grandmother (Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor). At Nickel Academy, a strict reformatory school, Elwood, clinging to his optimistic views, befriends the world-weary Turner (Brandon Wilson), awakening new hope in the young man. Arrestingly gorgeous and daringly immersive, Ross' story effortlessly swims through memories, traumas, friendships, and moments of defiance, offering a radical gaze at the perils of Black boyhood.
*OPEN CAPTIONS MONDAYDramaPT2H20MPG-132025-01-31Ethan Herisse
Brandon Wilson
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
Fred Hechinger
Luke Tennie
RaMell Ross
Dede Gardner
Joslyn Barnes
Jeremy Kleiner
David Levine
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