Mr. Earl survives but doesn't return to Nickel and is replaced by someone who is crueler to the boys and beats Elwood during his second visit to the White House.

A daring visual approach powers a gorgeous film about an ugly chapter in history.

In the mid-1960s, at the age of 16, Gary Hay was ripped away from his parents and sent to the Arthur G Dozier School for Boys ...

Nickel Boys’ preserves Colson Whitehead’s critically acclaimed narrative style while adding cinematic texture that enhances key details of the book.

A 2012 NPR story highlighted the “White House Boys,” a group of hundreds of men sharing horror stories about the goings-on in Dozier. Mass graves were also found on the site. “Nickel Boys ...

Elwood has been sent to Nickel after making the mistake of ... A campaign group of about 400 survivors of Dozier, known as the “White House Boys”, prompted a full investigation into the ...

In “Nickel Boys,” RaMell Ross reinvents ... Other characters rarely meet our gaze: a White prison trusty (Fred Hechinger) with whom the boys resell the academy’s supplies to local merchants ...

Nickel Boys' director and co-writer RaMell Ross says the film's nomination is an added bonus to telling an important story.

Elwood meets and befriends Turner (Brandon Wilson), and the two create a bond that will be of great value to them as they endure the prison-like conditions at Nickel, while Elwood, inspired by the ...