Adapted from the award winning novel by Colson Whitehead, "Nickel Boys" depicts the perspective of two young Black American boys surviving during the Jim Crow / civil rights era within a reform school of horrors in southern Florida.
Elwood: (in shock and with a broken voice) They were going to kill me and bury me out there?
Turner: Sure shit.
Ross, RaMell. (2024). Nickel Boys.
Director: RaMell Ross
Cast: Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson, & Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
Year of Release: 2024
Black Film Series
Interviews of interest:
https://youtu.be/r9aSF2VLquY?si=sM74diJaWaprojS3
https://youtu.be/1LAMA3HsAUA?si=_1hBnN7uLwWT-y5U