Nickel Boys

Hale County This Morning, This Evening director RaMell Ross vividly brings Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winner to life with this masterclass in adaptation.

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Credits

  • Director

    RaMell Ross

  • Screenwriters

    RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes

  • With

    Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor

  • USA 2024. 140min

  • Courtesy of

    Amazon MGM and Curzon Film

  • Language

    English

  • Certificate

    BBFC12A

Introduction

1960s, Tallahassee. Elwood Curtis is sent to the reformatory Nickel Academy for a crime he didn’t commit. Present day, New York. A revelation about the abuses suffered by the Academy’s students leads Curtis to remember his life-changing friendship with Jack Turner. Ross’s film is a dazzling achievement – a bold and beguiling exploration of trauma and buried American history.

Grace Barber-Plentie

Content warning

Contains racial violence and distressing scenes.

Festival guests

We are delighted to welcome RaMell Ross present Nickel Boys at its premiere screening on Monday 14 October. Read more about festival guests.  

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