Join us on January 6th for an extended post-screening Book to Screen discussion with director/co-screenwriter RaMell Ross, presented by Deadline.
Film Festival 2025
Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead and inspired by real-life events, NICKEL BOYS chronicles the powerful friendship between two Black teenagers who become wards of a juvenile reformatory in Florida.
film details
| Director: | RaMell Ross |
| Producers: | Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, David Levine, Joslyn Barnes |
| Screenwriter: | RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes |
| Cinematographers: | Jomo Fray |
| Editor: | Nicholas Monsour |
| Music: | Alex Somers, Scott Alario |
| Cast: | Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson, Hamish Linklater, Fred Hechinger, Daveed Diggs, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Running Time: | 140 minutes |
| Director Filmography: | Hale County This Morning, This Evening (2018) |
| Primary Company: | Amazon MGM Studios |
| Website: | https://www.mgm.com/movies/nickel-boys |