Nickel Boys gives a new point of view to the Civil Rights era | It's Been a Minute
February 12, 2025
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as posted by the channelHow do you adapt an "unadaptable" book? Today, host Brittany Luse finds out with RaMell Ross () , director of the Oscar nominated adaptation of Colson Whitehead's The Nickel Boys () .
The story, set in the Jim Crow South, follows two Black boys doing everything they can to survive their tenure at the abusive Nickel Academy in Tallahassee, Florida. The film brings us a new perspective on Black life and complicates the discourse surrounding Black films.
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