Preview: Nickel Boys + Filmmaker Q&A

Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead and inspired by real-life events, NICKEL BOYS is a dazzling achievement – a bold and beguiling exploration of buried American history brought vividly to life via an ingenious visual approach. 1960s Florida: Elwood Curtis is sent to the Nickel Academy, a barbaric juvenile reformatory, for a crime he did not commit. There he meets the worldly-wise Jack Turner and life-changing friendship is formed. Present day New York: the cruel realities of racism are recalled alongside the beauty of the natural world and an unbreakable bond of hope between two black teenagers. With its cutting-edge performances from Ethan Herisse and Brandon Wilson as Elwood and Turner, the groundbreaking NICKEL BOYS is never less than remarkable’ . Followed by an in person Q&A with director/co-writer Ramell RossDramaPT2H20M12A2024-12-19
Ethan Herisse
Brandon Wilson
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
Fred Hechinger
Daveed Diggs
Luke Tennie
RaMell Ross
Dede Gardner
Jeremy Kleiner
Joslyn Barnes
David Levine
Preview: Nickel Boys + Filmmaker Q&A"Preview: Nickel Boys + Filmmaker Q&A"

Showtimes

December 19, 8:30 pm

Rio Cinema