Nickel Boys
95
Two Black teenagers forge a powerful friendship while enduring the horrors of a Florida reform school in Jim Crow America.
Why watch: Barry Jenkins called it medium-defining. The camera lives inside its characters.
Cast
Ethan Herisse as Elwood
Brandon Wilson as Turner
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor as Hattie
Hamish Linklater as Spencer
Gralen Bryant Banks as Blakeley
Fred Hechinger as Harper
Jimmie Fails as Mr. Hill
Luke Tennie as Griff
Bryan Gael Guzman as Jaime
Ethan Cole Sharp as Young Elwood
Sam Malone as Percy
Najah Bradley as Evelyn
Jase Stidwell as Boy at Playground
Legacy Jones as Girl at Playground
Ky'druis Follins as Lincoln High School
Crew
RaMell Ross — Director
RaMell Ross — Screenplay
Joslyn Barnes — Screenplay
Colson Whitehead — Book
Joslyn Barnes — Producer
Colson Whitehead — Executive Producer
Dede Gardner — Producer
Jeremy Kleiner — Producer
David Levine — Producer
Kenneth Yu — Executive Producer
Emily Wolfe — Executive Producer
Gabby Shepard — Executive Producer
Chadwick Prichard — Executive Producer
Brad Pitt — Executive Producer
Chelsea Krant — Co-Producer
Jonathan Schwartz — Co-Producer
Jeffrey Penman — Co-Producer
Victoria Thomas — Casting
Jomo Fray — Director of Photography
Nicholas Monsour — Editor
Nora Mendis — Production Design
Elizabeth Herberg — Art Direction
Brittany Loar — Costume Design
Scott Alario — Original Music Composer
Alex Somers — Original Music Composer
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