Nickel Boys (2024) Film Discussion

The next film we'll discuss is Nickel Boys (2024). Adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead, this historical drama is the fiction debut from RaMell Ross. Adopting a radical, first-person narrative, Nickel Boys chronicles the horrors of a Jim Crow-era Florida reform school with piercing empathy and insight.

"Despite Amazon MGM clearly aiming for an awards push, Nickel Boys probably won’t win Best Picture; every other frontrunner would be a more fashionable choice. Yet I cannot imagine an English-language film from this decade that will have a greater impact on future generations, on the ways they understand filmic grammar and the possibilities of the medium. Nickel Boys is a masterpiece – moreover, it is a miracle."

The film is available to stream on Mubi and Prime Video.