The film, as well as the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel it was based on, drew inspiration from the real-life Dozier School for ...

Nickel Boys adaptation explores the dark story of Elwood Curtis. How does the film's bold approach measure up to the Colson Whitehead novel?

Viewers follow Elwood Curtis, a bright young Black boy in 1960s Florida, whose dreams of college and a better future are shattered after one mistake lands him in an abusive institution.

The Tampa Theatre will host a special screening of "Nickel Boys" on March 22, followed by a discussion with filmmaker RaMell ...

A promising young black teenager, Elwood Curtis, seems destined for great things, among being accepted into an accelerated college program at an HBCU. But, things take a turn when he hitchhikes ...

With a stunning 91% approval on Rotten Tomatoes, Nickel Boys has been met with critical acclaim for its powerful storytelling and outstanding lead acting. Capturing the sentiment succinctly, one ...

A young dreamer named Elwood Curtis stares intently at his Black reflection in an electronics shop window as a row of small televisions broadcast Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech. Still living ...

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 ...

Adapted from the 2019 novel by Colson Whitehead — which won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction — Nickel Boys follows 16-year-old Elwood Curtis (Ethan Herisse) and his friend Turner (Brandon Wilson).

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Two months after its theatrical debut, Nickel Boys officially made its video-on-demand debut on sites like Prime Video and ...