NICKEL BOYS | Official Trailer

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Elwood Curtis's college dream shatters alongside a two-lane Florida highway. Bearing the brunt of an innocent misstep, he's sentenced to the netherworld of Nickel Academy, a brutal reformatory sunk deep in the Jim Crow South. He encounters another ward, the seen-it-all Turner. The two Black teens strike up an alliance: Turner dispensing fundamental

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[scriptedending]

Liked the book a lot, but I am really not sure how I feel about the movie being from first person perspective. Definitely going to watch it though, and I imagine it will make me sob.

[radioepidemic__]

This book had me sobbing. I’m not sure I could watch it

[magicpebble]

I really liked the book (I've liked everything I've read by Whitehead; he's basically an auto-buy for me at this point), so I will probably check this out.

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[madhler]

Oh gosh that actor who was in the TWD spin off with Rick and Michonne is in this. He was such a scene stealer. This looks heavy and sad, but I’ll try and watch anyway.