RaMell Ross’s "Nickel Boys" is an Oscar-nominated film adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, inspired by the real-life horrors of the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys.

The film is based on Colson Whitehead’s 2020 novel about two boys who become friends at a reform school and help each other endure the brutal abuse by the wardens. The fictitious Nickel is based ...

The film adaptation, like the novel, follows two young Black boys, Elwood (Ethan Herisse) and Turner (Brandon Wilson), as they navigate the fictional Nickel Academy—through a first-person point ...

Everything’s dissolving into something new and squishy and unpredictable in the commercial cinema world, but a handful of big, pre-sold brand names still take care of themselves every year.

In the Oscar-nominated film "Nickel Boys," the warm embrace from Hattie (Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor) radiates from the screen, pulling the viewer deeper into the heart-wrenching story. Hattie is the ...

Not by a long shot. Now, the story is the subject of an Academy Award-nominated film adaptation. Released in December 2024, Nickel Boys follows Elwood (played by Ethan Herisse), an idealist raised ...

Amazon MGM Studios’ Nickel Boys won a leading six awards Monday at the Black Reel Awards, including the group’s marquee Outstanding Film Award and Outstanding Director for RaMell Ross.