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Nickel Boys

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Nickel Boys

Screening on 35mm

2024. 140 m. RaMell Ross. Amazon MGM Studios. US. English. Rated PG-13.

New York Times film critic Alissa Wilkinson’s Favorite Film of 2024

Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead, Nickel Boys chronicles the powerful friendship between two young Black men navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida.

The following screenings will be projected digitally:

  • 1/4 at 11:10AM
  • 1/5 at 11:10AM
  • 1/6 at 4:25PM
  • 1/6 at 7:30PM
  • 1/8 at 1:20PM

"As major and memorable an achievement as any American film this decade."
David Ehrlich, IndieWire
"A clear masterpiece held together by visual splendor and idiosyncratic performances."
Robert Daniels, RogerEbert.com


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