Watch the official trailer for Academy Award nominee
RaMell Ross’ feature directorial debut
starring Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson, Hamish Linklater, Fred Hechinger,
Daveed Diggs, and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
screenplay by RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes
directed by RaMell Ross
based on the book “The Nickel Boys” by Colson Whitehead
chronicling the powerful friendship between two young Black teenagers navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida
Elwood Curtis’s college dream shatters alongside a two-lane Florida highway. Bearing the brunt of an innocent misstep, he’s sentenced to the netherworld of Nickel Academy, a brutal reformatory sunk deep in the Jim Crow South. He encounters another ward, the seen-it-all Turner. The two Black teens strike up an alliance: Turner dispensing fundamental tips for survival, Elwood, clinging to his optimistic worldview. Backdropped by the burgeoning Civil Rights Movement, Elwood and Turner’s existence appear worlds away from Rev. Martin Luther King’s burnished oratory. Despite Nickel’s brutality, Elwood strives to hold onto his humanity, awakening a new vision for Turner.
Directed by: RaMell Ross
Screenplay by: RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes
Based on the book “The Nickel Boys” by: Colson Whitehead
Produced by: Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, David Levine, Joslyn Barnes
Executive Producers: Brad Pitt, Gabby Shepard, Emily Wolfe, Kenneth Yu, Chadwick Prichard
Music by: Alex Somers & Scott Alario
Cast: Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson, Hamish Linklater, Fred Hechinger, Daveed Diggs, and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
Rating: PG-13 for thematic material involving racism, some strong language including racial slurs, violent content and smoking
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