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The case for Nickel Boys

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Add Nickel Boys to your watchlist On occasion, there’s a film or two in the Best Picture line-up whose inclusion feels like a minor miracle in itself; a film that, despite its undeniable merits, seems a little too artistically adventurous and radical for the notoriously safe Academy to actually honour. That’s certainly the case with RaMell Ross’s heart-wrenching and formally daring adaptation, Nickel Boys. Despite wide acclaim from critic gro…

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The case for Nickel Boys

‘Nickel Boys’ Tops Black Reel Awards With Six Wins Including Best Film

Nickel Boys won a leading six awards at the 2025 Black Reel Awards, including the group's marquee Outstanding Film Award.

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‘Nickel Boys’ Captures The Tragic History Behind An Acclaimed Novel

US filmmaker RaMell Ross arrives for the premiere of “Nickel Boys” at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles, California on December 16, 2024. (Photo by Unique Nicole / AFP) (Photo by UNIQUE NICOLE/AFP via Getty Images) By Okla Jones ·Updated February 18, 2025 The Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys, once the largest juvenile reform institution in the country, operated in Florida for 111 years. During that time, it became infamous for its horrific abuses—b…

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During this Black History Month, ‘Nickel Boys’ is a must-see - Highlander

Among the most talked about films of 2024, the awards contenders for best picture seem to be between “The Brutalist” and “Anora,” and maybe “Emelia Perez” depending on how viewers feel about that film. In this epoch of American cinema, most of the discussions seem to surround the idea that movies are back. The Spielberg-esque sci-fi epics exist today with “Dune: Part Two.” The New-Hollywood style adult-dramedies exist today with “Anora.” The cl…

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AwardsWatch

AwardsWatch - 2024 Black Reel Awards (BRA): ‘Nickel Boys’ Wins Six Including Outstanding Film

Nickel Boys was the big winner of the 2024 Black Reel Awards (BRA), taking six prizes including Outstanding Film, Outstanding Director (RaMell Ross, Outstanding Screenplay (Ross and Joslyn Barnes) and Outstanding Cinematography. The Best Picture Oscar-nominated film also earned wins for Ross as Outstanding Emerging Director for the Ross and Barnes again for Outstanding First…

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WGA Awards 2025: 'Anora' and 'Nickel Boys' win in the scriptwriters union

The afternoon of this Saturday, February 15, the Scriptwriter union (WGA; Writers Guild of America) delivered the WGA 2025 Awardthat annually award the best original and adapted script in cinema, and the best script in the television category. The ceremonies are held from both coasts (west and east). The west coast had the comedian, screenwriter and actor Joel Kim Booster (Search Party, Fire Island) as host, and the east coast gala with Roy Wood…

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