The official trailer has been released for Academy Award nominee RaMell Ross’ feature directorial debut Nickel Boys, 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.
SYNOPSIS: 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.
ABOUT THE FILM
- Genre: Drama
- Cast: Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson, Hamish Linklater, Fred Hechinger, Daveed Diggs, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
- Director: RaMell Ross
- Screenplay: RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes
- Producer: Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, David Levine, Joslyn Barnes
will premiere globally on Apple TV+ on October 11, 2024!
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