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It’s officially Christmas time… which means movie nights are in order!

Introducing NICKEL BOYS, a film based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel written by Colson Whitehead titled The Nickel Boys. Directed by RaMell Ross, the movie chronicles the moving story of the friendship between two young African American men as they navigate the harrowing experiences of a reform school in Florida. Based on a true story, the movie stars Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson and Daveed Diggs. 

On Monday, December 16th, the cast of NICKEL BOYS graced the red carpet at DGA Theater on Sunset Blvd. in Los Angeles. Co-stars Daveed Diggs, Fred Hechinger, Hamish Linklater, and Jimmie Fails were in attendance, as well as co-writer and producer Joslyn Barnes, cinematographer Jomo Fray, and Plan B’s Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner.

Running two hours in length, the film hits select theaters in New York and Los Angeles this Friday. Get tickets here!

 

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 16: (L-R) Producer Dede Gardner, director/co-writer RaMell Ross, producer Jeremy Kleiner and co-writer/producer Joslyn Barnes attend the Los Angeles Premiere of “Nickel Boys” at DGA Theater Complex on December 16, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/Amazon MGM Studios via Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 16: Brandon Wilson (L) and Daveed Diggs attend the Los Angeles Premiere of “Nickel Boys” After Party at the LINDEN on December 16, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/Amazon MGM Studios via Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 16: Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (L) and Ethan Herisse attend the Los Angeles Premiere of “Nickel Boys” After Party at the LINDEN on December 16, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/Amazon MGM Studios via Getty Images)

 

Photo Credit: Courtesy of Gillian Smith Chang