"Nickel Boys" is based on a novel by the same name, about boys sent to the fictional "Nickel Academy" in Florida's panhandle, where they suffered horrific abuse. The details of the story were inspired ...

The cinematographer and camera operator behind the Oscar-nominated film — shot almost entirely from the first-person ...

This is a story of the survival and friendship of two Black boys amidst one of the true horrors of the Jim Crow south and a racist reform school.

A 2012 NPR story highlighted the “White House Boys,” a group of hundreds of men sharing horror stories about the goings-on in Dozier. Mass graves were also found on the site. “Nickel Boys ...

My name is RaMell Ross. I am the co-writer and director of “Nickel Boys.” “Young man! Young man. Do — Do you know a student named Elwood Curtis?” Hattie, who’s played by Aunjanue Ellis ...

A daring visual approach powers a gorgeous film about an ugly chapter in history.

"Nickel Boys," which received Oscar nominations for Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay, was shot almost entirely in the ...

Nickel Boys, directed by RaMell Ross, has received Oscar nominations for Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay.

Suddenly, an innocent mistake lands Elwood at the notorious Nickel Academy, a violent reform school where Black boys like him are met with very different treatment than their white counterparts.

In “Nickel Boys,” RaMell Ross reinvents ... Other characters rarely meet our gaze: a White prison trusty (Fred Hechinger) with whom the boys resell the academy’s supplies to local merchants ...