RaMell Ross makes his feature directorial debut with
Nickel Boys, co-written with Joslyn Barnes and adapted from the book by Colson Whitehead. The film stars Ethan Herisse and Brandon Wilson as two young
African-American men who form a bond while confined to a reform school in
the Jim Crow South.
Hamish Linklater, Fred Hechinger, Daveed Diggs and
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor also star.
Nickel Boys is in UK/ROI cinemas from November 8th.
Check out the trailer and poster below.
The official synopsis reads:
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.
