Children at the 1619 Freedom School learned possibilities are endless for them while speaking with an Oscar-nominated film director.

Based on the real-life Arthur G. Dozier School For Boys – where nearly 100 ... Upon his arrival at the Nickel Academy, Elwood meets equally mild-mannered student Turner (Brandon Wilson), whose ...

“Nickel Boys” is nominated for best picture and best adapted screenplay. USA TODAY interviewed veteran actress Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, who has played in movies like "Ray," "If Beale Street Could Talk," ...

"Hattie saw Elwood as her hope," Ellis-Taylor explained ... It's inspired by the harrowing true story of the now-shut down Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in Marianna, Florida.

The Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys, once the largest juvenile ... “The love from Hattie goes to Elwood and Elwood gives it to Turner, and then Turner takes it on in the future, it’s a ...

RaMell Ross’s "Nickel Boys" is an Oscar-nominated film adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, inspired by the real-life horrors of the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys.

Elwood (Ethan Cole Sharp) and Turner (Brandon Wilson), who are sent to an abusive reform school in 1960s Florida. It is inspired by the real-life Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in Marianna ...

Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in Florida, at which more than 100 students died from abuse. $9.01 Shop Now The film adaptation, like the novel, follows two young Black boys, Elwood (Ethan ...