Nickel Boys
- Director: RaMell Ross
- Writer: RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes, Colson Whitehead
- Producer: Joslyn Barnes, Allison Brandin, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Chelsea Krant, David Levine, Jeffrey Penman, Brad Pitt, Chadwick Prichard, Jonathan Schwartz, Gabby Shepard, Colson Whitehead, Emily Wolfe, Kenneth Yu
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"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.
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Cast & Characters
Ethan Cole Sharp (as Young Elwood)
Sam Malone (as Percy)
Najah Bradley (as Evelyn)
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (as Hattie)
Jase Stidwell (as Boy at Playground)
Legacy Jones (as Girl at Playground)
Ethan Herisse (as Elwood)
Jimmie Fails (as Mr. Hill)
Ky'druis Follins (as Lincoln High Student)
Gabrielle Simone Johnson (as Elwood's Girlfriend)
Peter Gabb (as Mr. Marconi)
Bill Martin Williams (as Old Man with Cane)
Ellison Booker (as Older Guy (Protest))
Taraja Ramsess (as Rodney)
Zachary Van Zandt (as White Boy (as Zachary Luke Van Zandt))
Zach Primo (as White Boy)
Sean Papajohn (as White Boy)
Sean Tyrik (as Corey)
Hamish Linklater (as Spencer)
Gralen Bryant Banks (as Blakeley)
Bryant Tardy (as Desmond)
Luke Tennie (as Griff)
Treyvoyn Perkins (as Chickie Pete)
Robert Aberdeen (as Mr. Goodall)
Brandon Wilson (as Turner)