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Nickel Boys(2024)

PG-13
2h 20m
- Drama

Release Date: Dec 13, 2024

Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Colson Whitehead, Nickel Boys chronicles the powerful friendship between two young African American men navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida.

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Original Release | Dec 13, 2024 | Opens in 25days

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Director & Top Cast

RaMell Ross
Director

Ethan Herisse
Elwood

Brandon Wilson
Turner

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
Hattie

Ethan Cole Sharp
Young Elwood

Sam Malone
Percy

Najah Bradley

Evelyn

Jase Stidwell

Boy at Playground

Legacy Jones

Girl at Playground

Jimmie Fails

Mr. Hill

Ky’druis Follins

Lincoln High Student

Gabrielle Simone Johnson

Elwood's Girlfriend

Peter Gabb

Mr. Marconi

Bill Martin Williams

Old Man with Cane

Ellison Booker

Older Guy (Protest)

Taraja Ramsess

Rodney

Zachary Van Zandt

White Boy

Zach Primo

White Boy

Other Details

Country of Origin: United States

Language: English

Summaries

Storyline

"Nickel Boys" is based on the historic reform school in Florida called the "Dozier School for Boys", which was notorious for abusive treatment of students. It's the story of Elwood Curtis, a young African-American boy who is sent to the Nickel Academy after he is falsely accused of a crime during the 1960s. While there, he meets a boy named Turner, and the two form a close friendship as they try to survive the horrors of the school and its corrupt administrators. — Pete

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